Overtraining
sam_thebatman
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How do you know if your overtraining? I have been doing about 10-15 hours per week, mixing intensity and volume, so have a good variation.
Sometimes my legs feel heavey after a hard session for about 3 days, should i be training (easy) after 1 or 2 days on the bike or run? I doint really like taking the days completely off?
Sometimes my legs feel heavey after a hard session for about 3 days, should i be training (easy) after 1 or 2 days on the bike or run? I doint really like taking the days completely off?
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Maybe il up my carb intake more, that might help too with recovery. I generally have one rest day, or very easy day and generaklly work on a run-bike-swim-brick-swim rotation. It just my legs still feel heavy after a few days rest
Other overtraining signs to watch for are things like mood changes, lethargy, poor sleep, colds and muscle soreness.
I was on the cusp after my first race and took three days off. Keep your diet in tip-top shape and get plenty of sleep.
But my 6 and 3 year olds pick up everything at school, so, am I overtraining, or just a normal parent of young kids prone to colds? I think it's a bit of both: a tired parent of cold-prone kids.
Maybe my training sessions are intense too often. Last week was Monday (2500 metre swim- endurance), Tuesday (30 min technique swim and 40 mile cycle) Wednesday (1hr easy run) Thursday (morning swim intervals for 30 mins and 30 min afternoon upperbody weights) Friday (Rest) Saturday (70 mile cycle inc 1hr at race pace) Sunday (tecnique swim for 30 min in morning and 1hr modereate pacred run in afternoon).
Diet is usually
Breakfast- Porridge (wih cracked egg and peanut butter in it)
Snacks - Apple/bananna/organge/mixed nuts
Protien shake with milk around 11
Lunch - 1 Pita bread with some fish in it, plenty of cottage cheese and salad
Snack - Porridge (just with milk)
Dinner - Pasta with veg or salmon with veg (something like that)
Hows this sound.
Maybe i should be upping calories in?