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]]> By: chirokaren http://www.crossfitedmonton.ca/2010/03/04/are-you-overtraining/comment-page-1/#comment-58565 chirokaren Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:33:07 +0000 http://www.crossfitedmonton.ca/?p=4338#comment-58565 Sandra-I actually work out less, with greater results than I used to, kinda like Chad mentioned. I used to pretty much always go 5x/week, now it's 4x, and sometimes 3x week. I feel better, recover better, and I've shifted from "I have to hit the PR/I suck at pullups-f$%$%ck!/can't believe that person was faster or lifted heavier than me" BS, and just work out each time as hard as I can, and I do 100% of my best each day. I love crossfit too, Sandra, but there's so much more to enjoy in life re. activity than just crossfit. I love walking my dogs twice each day and just getting out in the fresh air and sunshine. How about a yoga class? Hike? Swim? Gardening? I think of moving my body each day, it's just not always crossfit. I many crossfitters have a mindset that it's all or nothing, and if it's not a PR, it's failure (and therefore, are overtrained). I completely disagree! I would much rather look great, sleep well, have lots of energy, listen to my body and avoid injury, and use crossfit to perform better in life. That still sticks with me when one of the coaches talked about that at the Level 1 Cert last year at Lineage...crossfit is to help you perform better OUTSIDE of the box, not just so you PR. Peter-here's the email for Dennis Fitzgerald at Meteor Lakes Bison: d.fitzgerald@xplornet.com I'll bring in some of the product sheets he gave us that we photocopy and give to our patients at our office-just let me know, and I'll drop them off for you or anyone else. Sandra-I actually work out less, with greater results than I used to, kinda like Chad mentioned. I used to pretty much always go 5x/week, now it’s 4x, and sometimes 3x week. I feel better, recover better, and I’ve shifted from “I have to hit the PR/I suck at pullups-f$%$%ck!/can’t believe that person was faster or lifted heavier than me” BS, and just work out each time as hard as I can, and I do 100% of my best each day. I love crossfit too, Sandra, but there’s so much more to enjoy in life re. activity than just crossfit. I love walking my dogs twice each day and just getting out in the fresh air and sunshine. How about a yoga class? Hike? Swim? Gardening? I think of moving my body each day, it’s just not always crossfit.
I many crossfitters have a mindset that it’s all or nothing, and if it’s not a PR, it’s failure (and therefore, are overtrained). I completely disagree! I would much rather look great, sleep well, have lots of energy, listen to my body and avoid injury, and use crossfit to perform better in life. That still sticks with me when one of the coaches talked about that at the Level 1 Cert last year at Lineage…crossfit is to help you perform better OUTSIDE of the box, not just so you PR.

Peter-here’s the email for Dennis Fitzgerald at Meteor Lakes Bison:
d.fitzgerald@xplornet.com
I’ll bring in some of the product sheets he gave us that we photocopy and give to our patients at our office-just let me know, and I’ll drop them off for you or anyone else.

]]> By: Chad http://www.crossfitedmonton.ca/2010/03/04/are-you-overtraining/comment-page-1/#comment-58562 Chad Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:27:14 +0000 http://www.crossfitedmonton.ca/?p=4338#comment-58562 I can't say that rest and recovery have ever been an issue for me. I've always been one to listen to my body and respect what it's saying. Whether I need to take a full rest day, rest-week or even just an 'active recovery' day as Sandra put, whatever my body tells me, that's what I'll do. I get some jokes and cracks at me sometimes about how can I make such gains and PR's when I never workout or whether or not I'm 'juicin' but now you know why. I think this article has explained it perfectly. If my knees or shoulders are buggin me then I don't mess with them. You may see me working out still but I'm staying within what my body says is okay. I've had days where I wanted to go hard but my legs just said NO. I've had other days were I wasn't sure if my shoulder could take it, but once I got warm and started going through the workout, it was fine and I performed very well. I always have a plan of what I WANT to do in my head before every workout, however, if my body is telling me something different, that's what I'll do. It may mean I don't get that PR when I wanted to but it also means I will get a PR when I wasn't expecting it! Most of us are here to improve our life through fitness, not hinder it. If working out is causing problems like joint pain, then we need to change something. It's so easy to scale, modify or even substitue movements in workouts so that we can help speed up recovery not slow it down. As a few posts ago said: Speak Up! We're here for you. Let us help you avoid overtraining and achieve the goals you desire. I can’t say that rest and recovery have ever been an issue for me. I’ve always been one to listen to my body and respect what it’s saying. Whether I need to take a full rest day, rest-week or even just an ‘active recovery’ day as Sandra put, whatever my body tells me, that’s what I’ll do. I get some jokes and cracks at me sometimes about how can I make such gains and PR’s when I never workout or whether or not I’m ‘juicin’ but now you know why.

I think this article has explained it perfectly. If my knees or shoulders are buggin me then I don’t mess with them. You may see me working out still but I’m staying within what my body says is okay. I’ve had days where I wanted to go hard but my legs just said NO. I’ve had other days were I wasn’t sure if my shoulder could take it, but once I got warm and started going through the workout, it was fine and I performed very well. I always have a plan of what I WANT to do in my head before every workout, however, if my body is telling me something different, that’s what I’ll do. It may mean I don’t get that PR when I wanted to but it also means I will get a PR when I wasn’t expecting it!

Most of us are here to improve our life through fitness, not hinder it. If working out is causing problems like joint pain, then we need to change something. It’s so easy to scale, modify or even substitue movements in workouts so that we can help speed up recovery not slow it down. As a few posts ago said: Speak Up! We’re here for you. Let us help you avoid overtraining and achieve the goals you desire.

]]> By: Sandra http://www.crossfitedmonton.ca/2010/03/04/are-you-overtraining/comment-page-1/#comment-58561 Sandra Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:33:28 +0000 http://www.crossfitedmonton.ca/?p=4338#comment-58561 Sorry - I have to grammar police myself as I re-read this (where is that edit button when you need it?) - There HAVE been some interesting articles....:) Sorry – I have to grammar police myself as I re-read this (where is that edit button when you need it?) – There HAVE been some interesting articles….:)

]]> By: Sandra http://www.crossfitedmonton.ca/2010/03/04/are-you-overtraining/comment-page-1/#comment-58560 Sandra Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:30:59 +0000 http://www.crossfitedmonton.ca/?p=4338#comment-58560 This is a topic that I've been giving a lot of thought to lately. There has been some interesting articles on Mark's Daily Apple about it as well. Overtraining is definitely a problem for me. I've had many of the issues that you talk about - ongoing injuries that just never seem to heal, sleep issues, loss of motivation, and sometimes feeling so awful and fatigued for the entire day after a tough WOD that I sometimes wonder if I can make it up the stairs to go to bed at night. I have started to try to take rest and recovery more seriously. I find it easier to do this not knowing what the WOD will be, as I often would go on a planned rest day because there was going to be a WOD that I really wanted to do...and the same the day after...and the day after that...etc. The problem really boils down to...I love CrossFit! :) I miss it if I haven't gone for more than a day and start to feel lazy, sluggish and antsy. Maybe having some 'active recovery' days with less weight or effort would help? It's definitely an issue I struggle with as ultimately, the solution rests with me just taking more recovery time - something I find it difficult to do, but am working toward. Maybe we should rename it CrackFit! This is a topic that I’ve been giving a lot of thought to lately. There has been some interesting articles on Mark’s Daily Apple about it as well. Overtraining is definitely a problem for me. I’ve had many of the issues that you talk about – ongoing injuries that just never seem to heal, sleep issues, loss of motivation, and sometimes feeling so awful and fatigued for the entire day after a tough WOD that I sometimes wonder if I can make it up the stairs to go to bed at night.

I have started to try to take rest and recovery more seriously. I find it easier to do this not knowing what the WOD will be, as I often would go on a planned rest day because there was going to be a WOD that I really wanted to do…and the same the day after…and the day after that…etc.

The problem really boils down to…I love CrossFit! :) I miss it if I haven’t gone for more than a day and start to feel lazy, sluggish and antsy. Maybe having some ‘active recovery’ days with less weight or effort would help? It’s definitely an issue I struggle with as ultimately, the solution rests with me just taking more recovery time – something I find it difficult to do, but am working toward. Maybe we should rename it CrackFit!

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