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In sport, what are the tell tale signs that you are overtraining?


I do a bit of competitive mountain bike racing.
Is it bad to train everyday, and should I take a break the day after an intermediate session (training in short, hard bursts... I think...!)?

The #1 thing that I watch for was my resting heart beat in the morning. Let's say your resting heart beat is right around 50 bpm. If you wake up in the morning and notice an increase of 10 or more beats then somthing is wrong. I would either just take the day off or just do some lite training. Your body has not recovered yet and your resting heart rate is telling you so. There are excellent references on the web and in books to set a schedule to train by with rest days. Have a great time traing.
Muscle strains, fatigue
You should definitely take rest days to allow your body to recover, listen to your body if you feel tired then don't be afraid to miss a session, especially if you are feeling under parr
A heart attack's a pretty good point at which to take a break.
It is wise to take a break after a race to let your body recover
In my opinion a lot of athletes over train and they should take a break every so often to give themselves a chance to recover.
This does not need to be long but a lot of lactic acid can build up and to give your muscles a chance take a day out every so often especially after a race.
Fatigue
Irritability
Tiredness
Hunger
Apathy
Obsessiveness
Rest is as important as time spent training on the bike. You MUST rest, this is the time your body needs to adapt and build muscle to deal with the training your putting yourself through.
If you start to feel tired a lot, maybe get diarrhoa, find your not sleeping well and importantly if your racing that your actually going slower the more you train then you are over-training and need more rest time planned in your training schedule.
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