Over training?

[andy s]

Hello.

Reading through the "newbie mistakes" thread, alot of people are bringing up "over training". What are the symtoms/signs of over training? What is the ideal amount of rest? How often should each muscle group be trained?

Thanks.

Andy.

[Yeah-Buddy]

Hello.

Reading through the "newbie mistakes" thread, alot of people are bringing up "over training". What are the symtoms/signs of over training? What is the ideal amount of rest? How often should each muscle group be trained?

Thanks.

Andy.

Chronic fatigue, decreasing strength&performance, constant sorenes/aches/pains, poor recovery, decreased motivation and enthusiasm...

True overtraining is very very difficult to actually reach and its a long way back (serveral months) for anyone who actually reaches this stage. Generally its not overtraining which people get, its overreaching and can be easily fixed with a week or two of rest.

Almost all of the time its not too much training which is the cause rather inadequate nutrition and insufficient rest.

[Peachy]

Chronic fatigue, decreasing strength&performance, constant sorenes/aches/pains, poor recovery, decreased motivation and enthusiasm...

:shock: oops

[EMC]

tendonitis...

[Growth]

tendonitis...

This. You have to be really careful when it comes to over training, tendontis may sound like a bit of a joke, but if you ignore it and it develops into a fully fledged cronic condition, it can lead to all sorts of nastyness, taking months to fully repair or worse contributing to something like tendon rupture =/