Smile-n-Nod
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How does one know when one is over training? Are there physical indicators, or does one's training just become less effective?
Both. But in my eyes, overtraining appears mostly with professionals. What happens to most "free time" trainees is underresting. If you cut back for about a week and do only light cardio, stretching, walking, symptoms (feeling sluggish, having colds more often, messed up appetite, head ache...) mostly disappear.How does one know when one is over training? Are there physical indicators, or does one's training just become less effective?
It can depends from a person to another but, for myselfHow does one know when one is over training? Are there physical indicators, or does one's training just become less effective?
I've also started to incorporate progressive crawling (10min including rests), on S&S days. I was wondering if these was causing or adding to my tired state. Has anyone noticed this when starting progressive crawling?
I think @Anna C also uses HRV.I was really liking the HRV app. It was opposite of how I felt a couple times but I think it wouldn't have been detrimental. Without having that data for 99% of my training history, I think it is tough to overtrain. The body adapts to quite a bit and if you're not performing multiple training sessions per day I think it is tough to really under recover from session to session after some adaptation.
However, bar speed and libido seem to be good indicators. The window for them seems to be pretty big but that might be for me personally. Also, those benchmarks will be personal and unique for each person to begin with.
Yes it's the high tension version, I'd go to far as to say I'm exhausted which is down to a few reasons, but I think leopard crawling for progression hasn't helped. I'm going to take a break this week and just do some mobility work.I'm going to guess that is depends a lot on how you do the crawling. If you are using high-tension (which is the best way to crawl, for stability and strength building), it is probably pretty taxing to the CNS. What I mean by high-tension is: maintaining intra-abdominal pressure, keeping the torso as still as possible as you move the arms and legs, holding a neutral or arched spine, and moving very slow and controlled without momentum. In contrast, if you're just loping along on all fours, probably not a big deal. I've done some of both, and that's been my subjective experience.
I think @Anna C also uses HRV.
Since I started using CoC grippers, I found grip to be a very good indicator. Not necessarily for overtraining, but for overall fatigue.
Take your 3-5RM gripper and do a set in the morning. On days when I had a bad workout I was only able to close it once or not at all.