Thursday, December 4, 2008

Overtraining

i found this article reading through Men's Health and i find it useful for runners like us..

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How do you know if you're nearing the threshold of over training?
When your performance takes more than a fortnight to return to its original level even after rest, it's time to cut back, say Dr Ben Tan, head and senior consultant sports physician at Changi General Hospital. "Over training occurs when the training volume is so high that the body can't recover adequately," says Dr Tan. Other symptoms to look out for include insomnia, loss of appetite, weight loss, an increased resting heart rate and recurring illness. However, these factors still can't conclusively differentiate between the fatigue you regularly feel during a workup and over training, says Dr Tan. Even physical gauges such as the VO2 max test and blood tests "have not been found to be consistently accurate", he says

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-seeyong-

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