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So I'm trying to work out my work out...
Last year I was: Lifting 4x a week... Running every other day... Swimming 1x a week... Biking on the days I didn't run or swim... Now I've picked up a new thing on Wed & Fri that absolutely kicks my arse... How do I know when I'm over training? Obviously I'll be sore and tired for a while, but how long should I keep it up before I decide that I'm burning out or getting better? |
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I think as long as you give your muscles a chance to recover you're fine. After I work a muscle group I wait 48 hours before I work that group again. That's with strength training though. I could burn out my legs doing squats and lunges but it wouldn't keep me from going out and doing a run the next day or hitting spin class. |
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what is your fitness goal? I don't think we can advise you until we know what your goal is.
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I honestly don't have one specific goal.
I'd like to lose about 50 lbs (over a year or so) and just be in much better shape. I am 5'11" 255 lbs with depression, migraines, and a potential blood sugar problem. I ride because I love it. I run because I'd like to do a short triathlon. I lift because it's a social thing. I take Krav Maga because it interests me and it relieves stress. My only real worry is that I will do too much and my body will break down rather than get more fit. |
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There's no such thing as overtraining, but there is undertraining. Right now, injuries are limiting me to undertraining.
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Not even in powerlifting? Heavy deads, squats, and presses every day would lead to overtraining. (Of course, I will defer to your judgment since you were clearly a more impressive lifter than I have ever been).
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Hyperbole, my friend.
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