Those worried about overtraining are scared!!

[Abbaddon]

Now I am not saying that it doesnt happen, but there are so many posts with people being worried about whether or not they are overtraining or not. Guys here it is if the bodypart is still sore from the previous workout of that bodypart dont work it. I love the guys who are like well I did 25 sets for chest today is that overtraining. I train till the point that the muscles are completely done/blown/exhausted now there are workouts when it only takes 10 sets such as a very very heavy leg day and there are days when it takes up to 35 sets such as a moderate weight back day. I dont stop till the muscle is done now I prefer that it be in as few sets as possible for time purposes, but that is not always what the body wants.

I just see so many guys here worried about overtraining. Yet the nutrition board is almost empty. Take really good care of your nutrition and overtraining becomes far less likely. Get good rest and overtraining becomes far less likely. Overtraining is what 15 year old boys to when they bench press everyday. If you do 25 sets instead of 24 your arms will not loose an inch due to the dreaded overtraining.

Work out hard intense and often. Watch your nutrition very very carefully/ get at least 8 hours of sleep in a day and stretch your muscles out everyday. If your still sore dont work that bodypart that day. Listen to your body. Dont be so worried about the dreaded overtraining. If your so worried about that it seems that you may be undertraining.

Just my .02

Later

 

[blood_drinker]

Overtraining to many seems to be an excuse to not work as hard. Granted, there are the risks of overtraining, but many dudes at my gym wont really pump out an extra rep because "overtraining".
Get the myth debunked on both sides - it helps.

 

[power-builder]

There's no such thing as overtraining - only under-recovering!

 

[iron_sun_god]

My sentiments exactly! I am so sick and tired of hearing people talk about ot. Oh my god you spent two hours in the gym today and all that you worked was chest! You are definitely overtraining. Bullshit! When/If you do overtrain you will know it for sure. I would love to hear what some of these peoples ot symptoms are. Sore muscles do not mean ot, sore the next few days does not mean ot, working a bodypart for two-three hours does not mean ot! Now if after working out really hard you feel like you have the flu or something for the next few days, you MIGHT have overtrained. But even that does not totally dictate that you have overtrained. Really now do people on this board really know what exactly it means to overtrain. If you think that doing more than a few sets/reps of something automatically means overtraining, then maybe what it really means is that you are lazy and not working out hard enough. Out....

 

[flex4life]

agree Abaddon

a pro told me once 'there's no such thing as overtraining, only under-eating & under-resting'.
You can train as hard as you want to, if you will eat & rest to accomodate it.

 

[HighIntensity]

My opinion on the subject is much like my name on the board HIGHINtensiTY. I look at a lot of these work out plans and it's 9 sets of Chest and done. Going to the gym is a war with your body and the weights. You should push yourself to the brink of no return. So what if you do 20 Set's of chest, just as long as you mix it up and push yourself until your chest ready to explode. Then like the above posts stated REST, don't flood your body with beer and drugs, don't smoke and eat well, you'll be find.

In fact I like to rest only 20 secs in between sets and reps for added acrobic workout.

IT's all about the INTENSITY

 

[Belial]

Wow. Regression.


Actually, some good points made here. But many people restrict their workouts to an hour or less for more than just avoiding overtraining.

-Stimulate, don't annihilate.

-You're probably not working out your hardest after 2 hours. it's physically impossible. What's the point of even being there, then?

-You can eat like a pig and sleep all day, but damaging your muscles more than they can repair by your next session is counterproductive. It's possible to damage them so much that by the time they've healed, the detraining effect has already occurred.

Just a few things to keep in mind. I could do more, but i realize this wasn't the purpose of this thread.

To me, once you've blasted a muscle group once or twice, what's the purpose of blasting it again in the same session? You've already asked it to grow; stop hitting the button for your floor in the elevator when the doors are already closing. You're not going to stimulate greater growth (unless you've undertrained), so it's truly counterproductive.

 

[Belial]

In fact I like to rest only 20 secs in between sets and reps for added acrobic workout.

Congrats. But that's not the best way to do it.

 

[sysopt]

Like belial said, don't break the button!

 

[Enock]

There's no such thing as overtraining - only under-recovering!

nicely said