Overtraining?

[jawbreaker1]

how do you actually know if you are overtraining a bodypart?

I only target each muscle once a week but My triceps get hit on monday with my shoulders, tuesday is their day, and thursday is chest. My weight is consistently increasing in each group of muscles so I cant sense they are being overtrained. How do I really know? any symptoms?

 

[StoneColdNTO]

Moved to the appropriate forum...........

 

[John"Zane"Ching]

I'm not sure but when I overtrain, I couldn't feel the pain or anything on the part that I work on. Why? Bec before then, I frequently go to the gym and work that certain part for a week straight. I could say that's overtraining.

Oh and not letting your muscles recuperate is considered overtraining too...

Train hard and stay healthy

 

[Insane_Man]

Overtraining in the traditional sense of the word is not localized to one part of the body, it is a matter of burning out your CNS. If you feel tired and are losing stength, then you are overtraining.

Now of course it is possible to hit one body part too hard. There's taxing ligs and connective tissues too hard, and then there's excessive microtrauma to the point of cell death. The first you should know when it happens, and a symptom of the second will be when your range of motion with said muscle group is seriously impaired the next day and beyond.

 

[majic]

Ideas of overtraining vary, according to different opinions.

Some feel that the basis for deciding whether you are overtraining is contingent upon the time you work out.

i.e. To prevent overtraining, workouts should fit easily into less than an hour, and never over an hour and fifteen minutes. Other considerations are whether you are on the vitamin-J or not. For those who are "on", 4 days a week seems to be the consensus for a good workout, but for those who are natural, or coming off of a cycle, a 3-day-per-week regime seems to be what has been suggested as not overtraining.

Personally, I can't break myself from the 4 day per week habit, even though I'm not on any gear, and I'm still natural.

But, I've got a friend that read the book "Natural Hormonal Enhancement", and that guy suggests 3 days per week. My friend has been doing it all summer, and he swears by it.

This is coming from a dude that used to be fat (300+ pounds), he dropped down to 195, and then he's gained muscle consistently, and he weighs 225 right now. He's been training for 4 or more years, consistently, and he's been on 4-5 day/week program for the longest time. He read this book, and he's hooked on the 3 day/week plan.

my 2 cents, though

 

[cconnors_us]

Fatigue and losing interest in working out are a couple of symptoms. When I've stepped into the over-training zone, it's usually because I've been the same program for way too long or haven't taken a week off in a while.

Varying training programs/protocols is a good way to keep from over-training. If you always do low reps, switch to a higher rep scheme with less rest between sets. My body responds well to this. Also, don't be afraid to take a week off every so often. I have a real tough time with this one but I know it's for the greater good. Some chalk it up to recovery, others say it's de-conditioning so you'll respond to training again.