Overtraining Training Research

The relationship between the principles of training and physiological adaptations has a significant impact on performance. Many factors need to be addressed in a training program to make it a successful one for a particular athlete and thus improve their performance.

A common adverse affect of overtraining for an elite athlete is ‘Overtraining Syndrome’. Overtraining syndrome is a neuroendocrine (neural input cells in the brain) disorder characterized by poor performance in competition, inability to maintain training loads, persistent fatigue, frequent illness, disturbed sleep and the most frequent in an elite athlete: alterations in mood state (Nature Immunology and Cell Biology Laurel T Mackinnon May 2000). Nearly all athletes experience the mood deterioration observed without impairment in sport performance. Since the goal is to reach a point of improved performance within the athlete the athlete then has to reach his/her limits of physical capacity (or even beyond) and since the balance between the right amount of training and overtraining is a fragile line many athletes suffer from this overtraining syndrome. It is not the hard training that makes you stronger in fact it makes you slightly weaker, it is the rest that will allow your body to grow stronger. Physiologic improvement in sports only occurs during the rest period following hard training. Due to this need for hardened training many elite athletes overwork themselves

What many people fail to see in an athlete is the amount of talent in them, the commitment they have, the intense training they go through, and the competitive attitude they posses. The physical challenges they face and endure is astonishing. An average person works eight hours a day behind a desk with his computer. Imagine working the same number of hours everyday while training your abilities, maintaining your physical form, and sharpening your skills (Anonymous par. 4). That is what a professional athlete endures. Athletes face short career lengths. They also face a lot of competitiveness; therefore, an athlete is at the top of his game when he is still young. Professional athletes also face the risk of career ending injuries when they are fighting to win a game and be the best they can. Combining all those problems they face, the average career length of an athlete is five years (Keown par. 2). Not only do these athletes need to stay in shape, but they also have to perform well. But all the hard works leads to health issues such as lack of sleep, fatigue, and continuous tension (Wilson par.3). If they are not able to put up to the

Recovery is a very important aspect that many athletes don’t think about regularly. They believe as we have heard many times over that someone else is always training harder. If the proper rest and recovery is not taken advantage of, you are doing more harm than good to your body. In addition to lack of recovery comes injury. Many athletes incurred injuries do to over training because the body had not had enough time to recover and rest. We need to manage our training intensity and volume for our athletes. As the athlete recovers we hit them with a little bit more intensity and a little bit less volume. This keeps the athletes constantly showing improvement without overtraining. There is no single test for diagnosing professional burnout or overtraining syndrome. Burnout is assessed primarily through the use of questionnaires, but biochemical analyses might give important information about occupational stress and burnout mechanisms. As we move forward in the process of helping the athlete we need to look at the psychological and physiological breakdown. I feel that in order to get the athlete

Being an athlete I know the struggles of strength and conditioning. Many athletes are pushed in the weight room and during conditioning, however are they being taught the right way? Effective weight training depends on proper technique. Many coaches try to go off of what they know and force their athletes to lift weights. This improper way of lifting often causes injury. The athlete should also lift the proper amount of weights. Athletes today need to know the right way to lift weights. This will allow them to actually gain muscle, power and speed instead of just being sore. There are many factors in weight lifting which include diet, frequency, intensity, and specification. All of these factors play a vital role in developing muscle.

Research shows that early specialization in a single sport while eliminating others can have adverse effects. From the intense practices to pressure-filled competitions, young athletes can feel a considerable amount

All athletes regardless of age, gender, genetics or sport can benefit from effective training. It is important that the selected training improves the body’s ability to perform tasks associated with the chosen

The final training method performed for the day was a fartlek exercise. Each repetition was comprised of a 40 second period of full intensity with a 20 second period of slow jogging given as rest. This was repeated three times to complete a full set. It was noted in my training diary that this was a fault due to the work to rest ratio set. Despite my aerobic capacity being deemed ‘excellent’, it was not practical to allow such a higher work than rest. This is because of the training principle ‘progressive overload’ which implies that “the load needs to be slowly increased as we become accustomed to the existing level of resistance to bring about further improvements.” This suggests that training loads should become more intense over a period of time, not increased too abruptly or with too much intensity. As the body has not been given time to adapt to this high training intensity of 2:1, it could lead to the possibility of injury. Implications of injury occurring may lead to fitness levels either plateauing or decreasing. This is due to the training principle ‘reversibility’ which states that “fitness improvements will be lost as training

In reality, though, this is not the case. Many athletes, although not “required”, feel as though it is necessary to double or even triple the amount of time spent training and practicing because if they did not, they may not be able to keep their starting position or their amount of playing time on the team (Pope, Justin). Not only do the amount of hours determine their place on the team, but they can also negatively affect their studies.

In this assignment I will be reviewing the different effects of exercise on the body system including the acute and long term using the pre-exercise, exercise and post-exercise physiological data which I collected based on interval and continuous training method. I will also be including the advantages and disadvantages of these, also the participants’ strengths and areas where they can improve on.

The biological value in whey protein enhances the body’s ability to absorb essential amino acids after resistance training decreasing the athlete’s recovery time. When athletes combine whey protein and creatine monohydrate they expect “a greater increase in lean tissue mass and muscular strength than supplementations with whey protein alone” (Burke, Chilibeck, Davison, Candow, Farthing, & Smith-Palmer 2001, p 350). Exogenous Cr supplementation increases the body’s Cr levels until saturation occurs. This saturation of Cr increases the PCK shuttle continuum allowing training intensity, volume, and duration of the exercise the athlete is performing to continue at a maximum rate. Any excess Cr in the blood is cleared through sweat, urination or renal filtration. Measurements in strength and peak torques of athletes supplementing with whey protein and creatine monohydrate (WC), whey protein (W), and a placebo (P) were taken. According to Burke et al, (2001) “repeated measure analysis of variance was used to assess changes in body composition, strength, and peak torque for the three groups (WC vs. W vs. P) across time” (p. 354). A twelve week strength training program was constructed and consisted of a “4-day split routine involving whole body musculature” (Burke et al, 2001. p 352). Subjects used detailed training logs to compare progress over the 12 week experiment. The end result from this experiment shows that subjects who “supplemented with both creatine and whey

People claim that only way to be a successful athlete is hours and hours of practice at the gym. In some cases

This interpretive process is loosely carried forward in relation to the previous studies of physiology, sociology and psychology. Take for example psychology when looking at key issues and research methods. The general explorative path a psychologist would investigate in a study of injury and rehabilitation covers, motivation, confidence, intensity, focus and emotions which are regarded to have the most influence on a performers well-being (Cashmore, 2002). These five psychological divisions derive from Taylors (2001) performance pyramid, are categorised in ascending order from general training influences to immediate competitive performance impact. At the pyramids base lays motivation, simply put without motivation you have no desire to train, to rehabilitate, to reach previous goals. Motivation ensures athletes have positive mind-sets allowing necessary time to refocus, re-energise and start again.

First, on a daily basis of my high school years (my Junior year to be exact), I would come home with exhaustion or be overstressed mainly because of my weight training and AP US course. The reason I had chosen weight training course was because I wanted to be in good health and for my AP course I had chose it because I wanted to challenge myself. In my training course is similar to a regular physical education classes, but more intense as you are working out every day some days with weights and only with cardio which I love, but I would also be competitive, especially in running

• Overtraining, or starting a new athletic activity without gradually increasing your time and distance.