An interesting article

[Realfoodieclub]

I read this with interest. It is all about over training and why rest days are important. Hehe not that i am anywhere near over training just now 😀.

popsugar.co.uk/fitness/Phys...

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Very good reading

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Really interesting,RFC....I have been reading quite a bit about rest.

In my 10K revisited post last week, I mentioned that one of my biggest issues with the plan was the Rest day..I find it,hard..and when I think I am resting..I'm not!

I have made more rest effort this week😉 and took an extra rest day!!!

Thanks for that article..timely for me !

Hope all well with you two too😊 x

[AncientMum Graduate10]

Interesting read RFC, not that I'm overtraining either

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

I'm not over-training either, I don't think....just not resting enough.. One of my rest days this week for example, included an 8 mile walk with small runner in training in her pram...

I did take an extra rest day though yesterday

[Rignold]

Hmm. Whilst overtraining is indeed a thing, it is also true that 99% of people who worry about overtraining are not anywhere near their peak training volume. Muscles need recovery whch is why people dont train the same exercise/body part intensely two days running and the neuro-muscular system needs a break once a week or so but the effects they are talkingabout in this article are when people are training at very high level with very high intensity for several hours a day, 6 days a week.

Distance running plans dont have you doing mega high mileage every day of teh week obviously, but they do have you doing something. You can't lift heavy every day without muscle fatigue but tahts why programmes cycle low rep/heavy with high rep/lower weight days, but its still day in day out.

I know I have never come near overtraining, only the liits of what my conditioning at the time would allow, which is a different thing entirely, and what I suspect most people mistake for overtraining.

You often see ultra runners break down after several years at the top because of the cumulative effect of the physical demands their very high weekly mileage has put on their systems.

[Theziggy in reply to Rignold]

The man talks sense!!!

[ancientrunner Graduate10]

That's an interesting read. I know I don't overtrain but I read something recently about the elite African distance runners and how once they have done their training in the mornings they just lie around for the rest of the day. No chores, no outings, just recovery. Obviously my efforts are nothing like theirs but I will often do my long run and then later do a couple of hours hard work in the garden or run around catching up on things and I think maybe that's not so wise.

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Ah so my fat belly is cos I overtrain - knew it 😂😂