Overtraining When Running – How Does is Happen
Friday, January 1st, 2010Running is different from other aerobic exercise in that the trauma of pounding puts more stress on your musculoskeletal system than do lower impact activities. This trauma also adversely affects your red blood cell count, your bones and your connective tissue.
Over training
Overtraining is a chronic condition brought on by long-term under recovery. It is characterized by muscular fatigue, soreness and feeling burned out. Do not confuse over training with being tired for a few days. It is a downward spiral where your ability to train continues to deteriorate. If you do not give your body enough time to rest between workouts, you are probably overtraining. This impedes you from improving performance as quickly as you might have done had you incorporated easy recovery days into your routine.
How to Avoid Overtraining For Runners
Monday, December 28th, 2009Author: Paul Scott
How to avoid overtraining for runners.
The hard/easy rule of training will take you a long way towards avoiding overtraining. It involves taking a rest or easy day after every hard workout in order to allow you body to regenerate. The easy day following your hard day of training is absolutely essential for the regeneration of your body: your muscles, bones and blood cells and connective tissue immediately begin to heal themselves following your hard run. Some people may even need two easy days between hard workouts in order to complete this process of regeneration.