Overtraining..

[wootoom]

How can you tell?

 

[ironwings]

Read the Signs of Overtraining Thread in the Women's Forum. Ladies discussed this earlier this week and there is some useful info on the posts.

 

[wootoom]

Im going crazy in the gym thats why im asking...i went from 227lbs to 242 and am not letting myself to take a day off.

 

[ironwings]

Me too... under stress and feeling anxious lately too so I couldn't figure out if my symptoms were more stress related or overtraining. I am just finishing up a high volume routine and don't feel exhausted from it but can't imagine why my body isn't like "hold up baby!"

When I was overtraining before I felt a constant dull ache in my legs that would not go away. I thought it was from dance but it was from overtraining. You'll definitely feel off - overtraining comes with symptoms.

You need a day off though!!! Your muscle growth happens at rest. You know that

 

[wootoom]

im gaining weight so i dont think that means i would be overtraining

 

[ironwings]

what time frame are we talking about here? for the gain? what cycle do you run?

 

[the_alcatraz]

not being able to sleep at night, aching joints, muscle soreness beyond regular soreness...

Read the womens' forums

 

[viciousness]

your cns would feel pretty beat + colds/flu etc / Lowered immune I always thought no? definitely would feel fatiuged all day and just overall wack

 

[Big_BK]

No such thing, overtraining is undersleeping and undereating.

 

[miplank]

im gaining weight so i dont think that means i would be overtraining

it's all fat

 

[Tatyana]

No such thing, overtraining is undersleeping and undereating.

Maybe at your age, but when you are an old geezer like Wootoom.................

 

[Big_BK]

ahahahah, thats just a little quote a strongman i know of has said. I agree with it, provided its not possible for everyone to do but if you eat and sleep enough you can recover from your workouts.

 

[the_alcatraz]

most bodybuilders are overtraining IMO

 

[Tatyana]

most bodybuilders are overtraining IMO

I haven't been for about two or three years.

Look at how freaking massive I am.

 

[Rage-Of-Sparta]

take scheduled weeks off every 6 to 8 weeks of training

 

[the_alcatraz]

I haven't been for about two or three years.

Look at how freaking massive I am.

I said most not all

and you're beautiful...massive lol but beautiful nonetheless

 

[SaiBoT]

Woots this might mean that if you weren't working out that many days you could be making even better gains than those you are doing right now.

 

[Big_BK]

Try taking naps. I have been sleeping about 10-12hrs at night and take a nap during the day around 1-1.5hrs and it seems to be doing wonders for my recovery.

 

[SaiBoT]

There's scientific evidence that naps are great for recovery among other stuff

 

[Big_BK]

I thought i had something because i was sleeping all the time but i guess my body was just telling me sleep more and i can handle this beating your giving me, ahaha.

 

[SaiBoT]

Well providing the joints are ok at your age overtraining doesn't seem an issue even more that by doing strongmen events stuff you don't lose time with exercises that can't get you there.

 

[Big_BK]

I do alot of compounds and heavy stuff then when im shot and cant push heavy and hard i do some lightist high rep stuff at the end until failure just to beat the muscle to a pulp.

 

[SaiBoT]

Light reps are still good for flushing away the toxines and metabolic waist out of the muscle nd helping with the recovery process.

 

[Tatyana]

Light reps are still good for flushing away the toxines and metabolic waist out of the muscle nd helping with the recovery process.

+1 on the active recovery

Light cardio after training or the next morning can work wonders as well.