overtraining
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərˈtreɪnɪŋ/
- Specialized
- 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.
- I want to talk a bit about overtraining and gauging recovery.
- So it can be due to poor ergonomics or shoes or overtraining.
- I'm curious as to why when we overreach too much or too often, or we are overtraining, that performance is diminished.
- What about we live in a world now I've often in my own work, I hear about these concept of work life balance or overtraining.
Examples
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The athletes were sidelined for weeks due to overtraining and exhaustion.
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Psychological factors associated with overtraining have been extensively researched.
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I actually had an overtraining injury, but it's coming.
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Unfortunately, this concept has also enhanced the opportunity for overtraining and injury.
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I want to talk a bit about overtraining and gauging recovery.
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Depression is another important personality component that is susceptible to overtraining.
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Psychological factors that affect overtraining include stress and susceptible personality characteristics.
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Increased determination of athletes may increase susceptibility to overtraining due to the greater potential for fatigue and subsequent performance decline.
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Periodization training schedules, implementing psychological testing, and monitoring dietary intake can reduce the potential for overtraining.
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Chronic nonregenerative fatigue is a clinical sign of overtraining (Kuipers & Keizer, 1988).
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Synonyms
Make more effort than your body or mind can handle
To make someone very tired by doing too much
Make too much effort with your body or mind so it is unhealthy
To exercise so much that you feel tired and your body hurts
To do too much physical activity and harm the body
To make someone very tired so they cannot work or think well
To make someone very tired by doing too much without rest
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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.