acatalina
Cathlete
Overtraining
Overtraining. What is it? Its the #1 reason most of the people in your gym look like they have never stepped into a gym before in their life. Its the reason most people don't see the gains they want, and give up right away. Its what you DON'T want to do.
Think of it like this. Pretend your body is a car. Lets say on Monday, you crashed into a tree. Yeah, theres a little dent in the car, but it still runs fine. And then the day after, on Tuesday, you crash it again. Well, the car isn't running as good anymore. Its going slower, and doesn't look too good. What you needed to do, was bring the car into the shop on Monday after you crashed the first time and give it time to get fixed. You see, you can crash your car every Monday, just as long as you give it time to be fixed, and it will still run fine.
Your body works the same way. When i first went to the gym, i knew nothing. I did 20 sets of bicep curls like 4 times a week. Do you know what happened? I saw absolutely no gains, and gave up.
You see, your muscles don't grow when they are being worked, they grow when they are resting. You need to work your muscles in the gym, then give them time to recover, and then work them again, then recover, etc. Each time they get worked, and then recover they get stronger and bigger. Each time you work them, and then work them again before they had time to recover, they get weaker and stay the same, and sometimes even get smaller.
You can do the best exercises, with the best form for years, and still see no gains if your doing too much. So, what do you do? LESS! In this sport, more is not more. Less is more. It might sound hard to believe, but the less you do the better. Now don't get me wrong, don't think 5 minutes of working out 1 time a month is going to do anything. But working out 7 times a week, for 2-3 hours each time, doing 5 exercises per muscle and doing each muscle 4 times a week will do just as much for you as sitting home and eating potato chips all day.
Some signs of overtraining are:
- Getting sick and getting colds more often then normal.
- Feeling tired all the time.
- Muscle and eyelid twitches.
- ...And most importantly, NO strength or size gains for an extended period of time.
If you are experiencing any or all of the above, STOP WORKING OUT and take a week off. During this time, come up with a new workout that will NOT cause you to overtrain, then after the week off, start back again with this new routine.
I thought some of you would like this. It is always a ?
Anne
Aka( Storm)
http://www.picturetrail.com/acatalina
Overtraining. What is it? Its the #1 reason most of the people in your gym look like they have never stepped into a gym before in their life. Its the reason most people don't see the gains they want, and give up right away. Its what you DON'T want to do.
Think of it like this. Pretend your body is a car. Lets say on Monday, you crashed into a tree. Yeah, theres a little dent in the car, but it still runs fine. And then the day after, on Tuesday, you crash it again. Well, the car isn't running as good anymore. Its going slower, and doesn't look too good. What you needed to do, was bring the car into the shop on Monday after you crashed the first time and give it time to get fixed. You see, you can crash your car every Monday, just as long as you give it time to be fixed, and it will still run fine.
Your body works the same way. When i first went to the gym, i knew nothing. I did 20 sets of bicep curls like 4 times a week. Do you know what happened? I saw absolutely no gains, and gave up.
You see, your muscles don't grow when they are being worked, they grow when they are resting. You need to work your muscles in the gym, then give them time to recover, and then work them again, then recover, etc. Each time they get worked, and then recover they get stronger and bigger. Each time you work them, and then work them again before they had time to recover, they get weaker and stay the same, and sometimes even get smaller.
You can do the best exercises, with the best form for years, and still see no gains if your doing too much. So, what do you do? LESS! In this sport, more is not more. Less is more. It might sound hard to believe, but the less you do the better. Now don't get me wrong, don't think 5 minutes of working out 1 time a month is going to do anything. But working out 7 times a week, for 2-3 hours each time, doing 5 exercises per muscle and doing each muscle 4 times a week will do just as much for you as sitting home and eating potato chips all day.
Some signs of overtraining are:
- Getting sick and getting colds more often then normal.
- Feeling tired all the time.
- Muscle and eyelid twitches.
- ...And most importantly, NO strength or size gains for an extended period of time.
If you are experiencing any or all of the above, STOP WORKING OUT and take a week off. During this time, come up with a new workout that will NOT cause you to overtrain, then after the week off, start back again with this new routine.
I thought some of you would like this. It is always a ?
Anne
Aka( Storm)
http://www.picturetrail.com/acatalina
