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The whole 'myth' of overtraining is not a myth.
The thing is this, or this is what I notice.
You have guys who can tolerate more, they can do more frequent and higher volume workouts. They still recover -whereas another individual this is too much or even too little.
I think it was on this forum someone mentioned that thats what pros have, is an ability to recover from more frequent longer training sessions.
The trick is figuring out where YOU personally fall into that range, 2 on 1 off, 3 on 1 off, EOD, E2D. etc....
Also the bigger you get the longer it takes to recover, more strength more damage, more muscle tissue to repair and grow.
And lifestyle, if a guy has nothing to do but go to the gym and train and the rest of the day he can lay around and have low stress, this is ideal for growing, someone else may work 2-3 jobs, have kids, high amounts of responsibility and a overall stressful life, this is NOT ideal for recovery and growth.
Assessing these parameters and figuring out where you fall in the scheme of things will be an important measure of gym success and staying out of overtraining, I think for most of us after years and years we know how our bodies feel.
FOr me its simple, no strength progression, in fact Ill get a little weaker, tired, lethargic, not very excited about training. No pump, manic episodes where I don't sleep. Higher BP, my appetite starts to shift and suddenly I want sweets, which I never usually care for. Fats too.
And I need more sleep in the middle of the day, nodding off at work, headaches, shitty memory.
Those are just a few.
The thing is this, or this is what I notice.
You have guys who can tolerate more, they can do more frequent and higher volume workouts. They still recover -whereas another individual this is too much or even too little.
I think it was on this forum someone mentioned that thats what pros have, is an ability to recover from more frequent longer training sessions.
The trick is figuring out where YOU personally fall into that range, 2 on 1 off, 3 on 1 off, EOD, E2D. etc....
Also the bigger you get the longer it takes to recover, more strength more damage, more muscle tissue to repair and grow.
And lifestyle, if a guy has nothing to do but go to the gym and train and the rest of the day he can lay around and have low stress, this is ideal for growing, someone else may work 2-3 jobs, have kids, high amounts of responsibility and a overall stressful life, this is NOT ideal for recovery and growth.
Assessing these parameters and figuring out where you fall in the scheme of things will be an important measure of gym success and staying out of overtraining, I think for most of us after years and years we know how our bodies feel.
FOr me its simple, no strength progression, in fact Ill get a little weaker, tired, lethargic, not very excited about training. No pump, manic episodes where I don't sleep. Higher BP, my appetite starts to shift and suddenly I want sweets, which I never usually care for. Fats too.
And I need more sleep in the middle of the day, nodding off at work, headaches, shitty memory.
Those are just a few.