Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 , I concur. I've been training some up and coming MMA fighters and considering the consequences of failure, combined with my association with several friends who are either retired or active duty Seals, I have pushed them way beyond anything I've ever done with my athletes before, even my Olympic athletes, and they just keep betting in every way. With the appropriate mind set and nutritional support, it's amazing to me, even after 40 years of training athletes, what some of these people can do. I've seen first hand what Seals and Force Recon guys go through. Incredible, but doable and duplicable! W.G. Ubermensch Sports Consultancy San Diego, CA. ============================ Hobman wrote: I would like to comment on the over-training. IMO, it is almost impossible to overtrain. You can over-reach (short term - trying to do too much with being adapted), but what is thought of as overtraining is almost always under-restoration and/or improper sequencing of the workload. How many wrestlers actively think of restoration and factor in restorative means to training. Very few. The other thing is the proper cycling of volume and 'intensity'. The point is - there is a place for 40 m sprints, 400 m sprints and 1,000 m sprints in much athletic training. Sure you can't run as hard at 1,000, but that isn't the point. Otherwise nobody would run further than 60-80 m, right? Yes, most wrestlers are over-trained, but it is because before big meets they do not allow for tapering and " superadaptation " to take place. They are over-coached, but it is just because of timing. If they would stop three weeks earlier and taper into the meet they wouldn't be overtrained. IMO it is not a matter of volume, but timing. [Mod: The below information is relevant: European Journal of Sport Science, March 2006; 6(1): 1/14: Many recent papers have referred to the work of Kreider et al. (1998) for the definitions of OT and OR. / Overreaching: an accumulation of training and/ or non-training stress resulting in short-term decrement in performance capacity with or without related physiological and psychological signs and symptoms of maladaptation in which restoration of performance capacity may take from several days to several weeks. / Overtraining: an accumulation of training and/ or non-training stress resulting in long-term decrement in performance capacity with or without related physiological and psychological signs and symptoms of maladaptation in which restoration of performance capacity may take several weeks or months. As stated by several authors (Lehmann et al., 1999a; Budgett et al., 2000; Halson & Jeukendrup, 2004) these definitions suggest that the difference between OT and OR is the amount of time needed for performance restoration and not the type or duration of training stress or degree of impairment. These definitions also imply that there may be an absence of psychological signs associated with the conditions. As it is possible to recover from a state of OR within a 2-week period (Lehmann et al., 1999a; Halson et al., 2002; Jeukendrup et al., 1992; Kreider et al., 1998; Steinacker et al., 2000), it may be argued that this condition is a relatively normal and harmless stage of the training process....... OR is often utilized by athletes during a typical training cycle to enhance performance. Intensified training can result in a decline in performance; however, when appropriate periods of recovery are provided, a ‘‘supercompensation’’ effect may occur with the athlete exhibiting an enhanced performance when compared to baseline levels. This process is often used when going on a training camp, and will lead to a temporary performance decrement, which is followed by improved performance. In this situation, the physiological responses will compensate the training-related stress (Steinacker et al., 2004). This form of short-term OR can also be called ‘‘functional OR’’. When this intensified training continues, the athletes can evolve into a state of extreme OR or ‘‘non-functional OR’’, that will lead to a stagnation or decrease in performance which will not resume for several weeks or months. However, eventually these athletes will be able to fully recover after sufficient rest. ‘‘Non-functional OR’’ emphasizes that the evolution on the ‘‘OT continuum’’ is not only ‘‘quantitatively’’ determined (i.e. by the increase in training volume) but that also ‘‘qualitative’’ changes occur (e.g. signs and symptoms of psychological and/ or endocrine distress). In these definitions ‘‘overtraining’’ is used as a verb, a process of intensified training with possible outcomes of short-term overreaching (functional OR); extreme overreaching (non-functional OR); or OTS. By using the expression ‘‘syndrome’’ we emphasize the multifactorial etiology and acknowledge that exercise (training) is not necessarily the sole causative factor of the syndrome.] ================================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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