My thought of the day: There is no such thing as overtraining....

[biogeared]

....only under-recouperating.


The minute you think of the word overtraining in the gym, conciously or not, you are placing limits on your workout. These limits attempt to hold you back and stop progression through the fear of overtraining. If one can break these mental limits while training, one can succeed in the gym.

Discuss my words of wisdom.

 

[poopmonkey]

If it works for you, run with it.

For most people, hardgainers especially, overtraining is a very real concern and can't always just be written off with extra recuperation.

My fear of overtraining actually inspires me to work harder. If I'm only doing one set of squats - you can be damn sure I'm going to work my ass off. Conversely, if I'm on my first of 5 sets of squats, I might be tempted to slack a little.

 

[biogeared]

If it works for you, run with it.

My fear of overtraining actually inspires me to work harder. If I'm only doing one set of squats - you can be damn sure I'm going to work my ass off. Conversely, if I'm on my first of 5 sets of squats, I might be tempted to slack a little.

Interesting perspective.

 

[super_rice]

why place so much importance on counting sets and such? just go till absolute failure, always worked for me... not legs however, just drop sets for legs. but say, chinups, or preacher curl... drop weight/negative till you can't negative your own arm

 

[needsize]

Myself, I easily go into overtraining if I do too many sets, I get run down, sick, and end up losing size

 

[Xscream]

A famous bodybuilder once said, "There is no such thing as overtraing, just under eating." His point was that most people don't take in enough calories/protein. Not sure if I agree with this, but it does raise and interesting point.

 

[leatherface]

I definitely would say there is overtraining, but for the most part it is usually under recouperating. I have committed both crimes before

 

[150shot]

I have to go with the under recouperating thing. I rarely get more than 7 hours sleep which hinders my ability. I know if I got a good 9 or so hours I could do even better.

I do also believe you can overtrain once in a while if you dont take a day off like for over a week and are "natural"

 

[WalkingBeast]

....only under-recouperating.


The minute you think of the word overtraining in the gym, conciously or not, you are placing limits on your workout. These limits attempt to hold you back and stop progression through the fear of overtraining. If one can break these mental limits while training, one can succeed in the gym.

Discuss my words of wisdom.

Good post! I agree. I think its important to back off at times also. Not so much in the gym, but out of the gym. Sometimes a few days rest can be beneficial. I didnt do this for most of my years training, but now the recuperation of a few days rest is obvious. When Im in the gym its all out intensity until I cant do anymore decent reps. If I trained with less rest days Im sure Id tear myself apart literally.

 

[big4life]

I think that it is really an individual thing, like most things regarding weight training. There are some people out there who have incredible recovery times, and others who are very slow to recover. Maybe it does have to do with their diet, but all I know is there is a wide differnce in people's recovery time. Like most triaining ideas, I say go with what works for you.