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When I first started doing weights, my father and his brother both drilled one piece of advice into my head: training too much is worse than not training at all
by rangibaby 13y ago
When I first started doing weights, my father and his brother both drilled one piece of advice into my head: training too much is worse than not training at all. After reading this article, I'm grateful for it!
- joyeuse6701 13y agoSo very true.
- dkarl 13y agoOvertraining is a phenomenon that is universally recognized from from football to marathon running to bodybuilding to gymnastics. Crossfit's stated philosophy is about developing fitness to support one's enjoyment of life, but like competitive sports, they fetishize results. Everything is measured and counted, and they encourage people to record and track their progress. Some people miss the point and end up fetishizing pain and effort instead, but to do that they have to overlook both the stated philosophy and the day-to-day focus on improvement.
- Fourplealis 13y agoYes any overtraining can be dangerous, there was an article about how one guy running startup got rhabdo while doing p90x: http://collegespun.com/features/how-the-stress-of-running-a-startup-and-some-p90x-led-to-a-week-long-stay-in-the-hospital-with-rhabdomyolysis http://collegespun.com/features/how-the-stress-of-running-a-...
- nicholassmith 13y agoMy uncles gave the same advice, if you overtrain you're not helping your development but increasing your recovery time.