I think that especially the very early signs of overtraining – when overreaching turns into overtraining – are very easily overlooked. We tend to do more, if our performance level drops. We often prematurely draw the conclusion that we did not train enough. But if our “diagnosis” is wrong than more intensive training sessions can very quickly bring about heavy legs during exercise … Continue Reading →
As I observe it since several years in triathlon “Food” its 4th discipline is flooded by sloppy scientific facts. Study results telling you their truths are available in huge amounts. Critical, controversial and incomplete are the underlying theories, that present the matrix for interpreting the data. Data remains until today fluffy and inconclusive. This applies first and for all for carbohydrates the pillar of nutrition for all athletes. Continue Reading →
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The posts before have shown the dramatic outcomes of too much exercise and training. In between, I would like to take another perspective on the whole topic to encourage your efforts, and perhaps give you more cues at hand to make the detrimental results of too much training and racing more understandable.
Modern exercise physiology and biology put a lot of work into studying the healthy body. That has not been the case for many decades where scientists only looked at sick bodies. Exercise physiology gives an amazing insight into the body’s “normal” way of functioning. Continue Reading →
