Thread: Overtraining Question

Originally Posted by scottyshotty

The only TRUE WAY to know if you are overtraining is if you keep exact count of your weights and reps and they dont improve...Is this correct?

The true definition of OVERTRAINING has confused me a bit.

If you workout hard 6 days a week and you are completely exhausted, soar and tired all day, but your weight keeps improving little by little, does this mean you are still overtraining?

It could, just because you are growing does not mean you are not overtraining. Six days a week with weights is too much, you would grow faster if you drop a day or two.

Overtraining is an accumulative condition. Sure you could be training 6 days a week and be improving in your lifts, but eventually the high frequency would take its toll and you'd be exhausted.

Thanks. I Only Work About 4 Days A Week. The Reason I Asked Was Because When I Have This "exhausted, Soar,tired Feeling"(which Is Great!), It Takes About 4 Days Of No Working Out At All To Fully Recover Fresh....when I Go Back To The Gym I Feel Energetic, Fresh And Alive And Have An Amazing Workout But On This Routine I Dont See Results.(ive Tried 1-2 Days A Week For 5 Weeks To See)....but Then If I Work 2 Days On/1 Day Off/3 Days On/1 Day Off I Feel Exhausted And "overtrained". But When I Force Myself Into The Gym And Grind It Out, I Burn With 'pain', Muscles Swell, And I Grow And Grow. Im Sticking With This. Just Wondering If You Fairly Advanced Bodybuilders Feel Like You Are Bouncing W/ Energy And Fully Healed And Fresh Or Do You Always Have That "you Can Feel That Abuse On Your Body Feeling" When you enter the gym? Thanks For Reading. Just My Experience

Why do you capitalize almost every word, Scotty?

Originally Posted by scottyshotty

But When I Force Myself Into The Gym And Grind It Out, I Burn With 'pain', Muscles Swell, And I Grow And Grow. Im Sticking With This.

Perfect, like always said by the pro's here,

"Find what works best for YOU and stick with that"

I'm still relatively new to lifting as well, and there is roughly 1 day where my entire body is completely without soreness or stiffness, that is the day after my 2nd in a row off day (I do 2 on, 1 off, 2 on, 2 off). Then the cycle starts all over again, from what I have read this appears to be more frequent in beginners, because their muscles aren't as quick to recover as the more experienced guys. However that's why we build quicker, because their muscles can take so much shit kicking without needing to adjust TOO much, the more beginner's muscles however realize there is no way we can repair all this damage done so it sends signals to increase in size and knows it needs to get BIG. The more advanced lifters muscles are already big, they can take a shit kicking so they don't grow as quick and is why guys like Arnold trained twice a day at six times a week. Yet most of us should be training 4 days a week ONCE a day because our muscles can't take quite the shit kicking their's can. I hope this helped, but any expert opinions would probably be better than mine.

Maybe your diet suXXorz and that's why you feel drained...perhaps it has nothing to do with your training.

He's right, it could be a vitamin B deficiency or a thyroid problem. Hmmm could be alot of things, but take it one step at a time.

Get multi vitamins

Originally Posted by KEFE

Get multi vitamins

No, now go away.

Originally Posted by topolo

No, now go away.

dont be a bully!

Originally Posted by scottyshotty

Thanks. I Only Work About 4 Days A Week. The Reason I Asked Was Because When I Have This "exhausted, Soar,tired Feeling"(which Is Great!), It Takes About 4 Days Of No Working Out At All To Fully Recover Fresh....when I Go Back To The Gym I Feel Energetic, Fresh And Alive And Have An Amazing Workout But On This Routine I Dont See Results.(ive Tried 1-2 Days A Week For 5 Weeks To See)....but Then If I Work 2 Days On/1 Day Off/3 Days On/1 Day Off I Feel Exhausted And "overtrained". But When I Force Myself Into The Gym And Grind It Out, I Burn With 'pain', Muscles Swell, And I Grow And Grow. Im Sticking With This. Just Wondering If You Fairly Advanced Bodybuilders Feel Like You Are Bouncing W/ Energy And Fully Healed And Fresh Or Do You Always Have That "you Can Feel That Abuse On Your Body Feeling" When you enter the gym? Thanks For Reading. Just My Experience

Sounds to me like you're overreaching (Which is like short term overtraining) and then resting for several days and underreaching to allow your gains to fully manifest themselves.