Overtrainning

Originally posted by Domene Hi How do I know if I am in overtrainning? I had a couple of episodes of overtraining, and it is definitely something to be avoided if at all possible. What I noticed was extreme tiredness and an over-all body soreness that didn't go away in a day or so. If you are feeling irritable and tired, you might consider cutting back on your training a bit. Hope you figure it out. Let us know how it goes.

Your possible overtraining my be due to "focusing on sprints". Try a week of aerobic, low heart rate swimming. If the rest and or aerobic workouts dont do the trick, by all means see a health care provider to rule out any physical abnormalities. Fatigue can be a sign that the body is not getting enough of its required oxygen demand. Things like anemia, poor lung function and poor cardiac pumping ability (cardiac output) can cause fatigue especially when activity level has increased from a resting base line. Never ignore warning signs from the body. Pain, shortness of breath and fatigue can and do occur normally with exercise, but if thses signs seem unreasonable for your level of activity and rest interval, than by all means seek a health care professional.

Back in college I knew was over training when: Sleep won over eating I got a 102º temp. Sleep won over going to school (not just skipping, too tired to move/do homework) I couldn't lift near as heavy as I should Times in practice started dropping off Got fatigued much sooner in practice All I literally did was eat, train, & sleep

you know your overtraining when your pace for any usual distance is slower than normal by more than about 8%.In this case miss a few sessions until back to normal pace.

My clue: I know I'm doing too much when I CAN NOT sleep even though I'm exhausted. Check your diet, are you getting enough carbs? Sometimes low carbs=irritability. Unintentional weight loss may also signal something else is wrong.

overtraining makes people feel not only tired, but also: -dreading workouts -moody -physically drained -like being in a rut -depressed -like you just can't bring yourself to get to the pool, or really do anything "workout" like If you have these feelings, then you might be overtraining. In general-if you increase your training for 3 weeks, then take a recovery week and cross train that week, or reduce your mileage by 30% or more. then, after the recovery week, go back to your normal scedule for 3 more weeks, and one recovery week again. repeat this. also, some people need to do a recovery week every 2 weeks rather than every 3. this is up to you--but you want to make sure you recover after every 2 or 3 weeks. this will help you get faster and prevent injury, and burnout.

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to me..there is no overtraining. when you think your tired, that is when the REAL training begins.

I don't believe anyone can truly understand overtraining unless they have experienced it, recognized it, made the necessary changes, and then recovered. I would agree with all of the signs/symptoms given earlier in this post. For me, the biggest three were fatigue/lethargy, lack of interest in all other activities, and very poor racing performances despite the effort. When I was overtrained, my coach sent me for bloodwork to see if I was anemic. Hemoglobin and RBC examinations turned up negative so I was declared 'non-anemic'. However, now I definitely consider myself un-well at the time. I should have payed more attention to the signs/syptoms that my body was giving. Instead, I just kept training like my coach believed was the best way to produce a swimmer.

Originally posted by JC_FLY to me..there is no overtraining. when you think your tired, that is when the REAL training begins. But the problem is what happens when you leave the pool. I can do my trainning well. But the increase on the level of trainning is affecting my life outside pool. If a person insist in that level of trainning, in short time it will affect his health and the next thing you know is that you became ill and have to stop completelly your trainning. I'm trying to avoid this.