Overtraining question?

[AceFrehley]

I was wondering if there is a general idea about what is over training? I am talking about for natural body building - with quality nutrition?? like how many times per week / how much time in gym per session...that stuff??

 

[nautica]

Train each body part only one time a week and do not train for more then 45-60 minutes per session. and get plenty of rest and nutrition.

Nautica

 

[Willyumyum]

I would post this over on the training board...

I can't give you a technical defenition, but I know that if you don't give your body adequate time to rest before working the same part of the body again that would be overtraining... Overtraining would also be doing all the exercises you can think of for one bodypart in a day with lot of reps and lots of sets... (these are extreme examples)... Only you can determine what over training is for you, but just take a look at some routines posted around here and on the training board and you will be able to see what a sane routine looks like...

YUM

 

[1Banshee]

You will know if you are overtraining... Your motivation will drop. Your energy will drop. You may have problems sleeping. You may begin to find you are losing weight. You may find you are losing strength in terms of reps or actual weight you can handle. Or your strength / weight may just stagnate. Any one or a combination of the above is a good sign you are overtraining...

 

[the_only_sepe]

you ever tried not working out for a week or two then come back, I swear I come back stronger everytime, I think this is because it gives your muscles adequate time to recover, it is veeery easy to overtartrain! imo I hear of people making the best gains working out once a week, go check out cyberpump.com