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overtraining

overtraining

1 5.4
Doing too much exercise without enough rest that makes you tired and weak
  • noun
  • /ˌoʊvərˈtreɪnɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • Hitting a plateau means your levels are not improving, whereas overtraining is an entirely different phenomenon.
  • psychological factors in overtraining
  • factors associated with overtraining
  • overtraining of youth athletes

I want to talk a bit about overtraining and gauging recovery.

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Examples

  • The athletes were sidelined for weeks due to overtraining and exhaustion.

  • Psychological factors associated with overtraining have been extensively researched.

    Academic text (1995)
  • I actually had an overtraining injury, but it's coming.

  • Unfortunately, this concept has also enhanced the opportunity for overtraining and injury.

    Academic text (1995)
  • I want to talk a bit about overtraining and gauging recovery.

  • Depression is another important personality component that is susceptible to overtraining.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Psychological factors that affect overtraining include stress and susceptible personality characteristics.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Increased determination of athletes may increase susceptibility to overtraining due to the greater potential for fatigue and subsequent performance decline.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Periodization training schedules, implementing psychological testing, and monitoring dietary intake can reduce the potential for overtraining.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Chronic nonregenerative fatigue is a clinical sign of overtraining (Kuipers & Keizer, 1988).

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

to overexert
vsovertraining
4 6.5

Make more effort than your body or mind can handle

is prolonged excessive activity that results in fatigue and lower ability
to overtire
vsovertraining
3 6.8

To make someone very tired by doing too much

is focused on continual excess activity that leads to fatigue and harm
to overexert oneself
vsovertraining
3 7.2

Make too much effort with your body or mind so it is unhealthy

is repeated intense activity without rest that reduces performance
to overtrain
vsovertraining
1 6.5

To exercise so much that you feel tired and your body hurts

is too much activity without enough rest, causing fatigue and worse performance
to overexercise
vsovertraining
4.3

To do too much physical activity and harm the body

is the ongoing excess of activity that leads to fatigue and poorer performance
to overfatigue
vsovertraining
8.4

To make someone very tired so they cannot work or think well

is the process of too much activity producing fatigue and worse results
to overweary
vsovertraining
  • Archaic
9.5

To make someone very tired by doing too much without rest

is the chronic excess of activity causing fatigue and decreased performance

How Intense

overtraining
  • Specialized
1 5.4
light work
  • Informal
3 1.0

Surface Forms

overtraining singular
overtrainings plural

Morphology

overtraining = training (transparent) = over + train + ing

The productivity of 'over-' meaning 'excessive' plus the noun 'training' yields the ordinary meaning 'exercising too much', which a learner who knows the parts can derive.

Etymology

The word overtraining comes from the prefix over- meaning 'too much' and train meaning 'to practice or exercise', so it literally means 'practicing too much' and explains why it causes tiredness, worse performance, or injury.