You've Been Lied To! The Truth About Overtraining...
If you've ever browsed a bodybuilding or weight lifting message board or forum, I'm sure you've seen others telling people they're overtraining when all they can see is their weight lifting schedule, number of times they workout per week, or a few workouts with just exercises listed. Those are also the same people telling others that if they work a muscle group more than once per week that they won't make progress.
I cannot take it any more!!! No one can tell anyone they are overtraining without knowing much more about the person, their weight training program, their diet, their sleep habits, the stress in their life and much more. The nonsense must stop now.
Those same people that are telling you that you're overtraining are the same people that cost me years and years of wasted time, money, and effort. I'm sick of bad information. I want you to finally learn the truth about overtraining. If you'd like to learn the truth, please continue reading.
Why Someone Doesn't Know If You're Overtraining...
No one can look at your weight training program and tell you that you're overtraining or that you're doing too much. Why is this? Because there are too many factors that go into the overtraining equation. Every single person out there is different. Two people can do the exact same thing... One may overtrain while the other may not. We are individuals with different lives. No one can tell you that you're overtraining!
Here are just a few of the factors that affect whether or not you are overtraining...
1) Fluid Intake
2) Amount and Types of Food
3) Cardio Exercise
4) Weekly Program Adjustments
5) Weight Lifting Intensity
6) Weight Training Frequency
7) Pre and Post Workout Diet
8) Supplement Intake
9) Rest
10) Stress Levels
11) Traits Passed Down from Your Parents
12) Conditioning Level
The factors affecting recovery from workouts that I've listed above are still only a few... The list goes on and on. Your entire life and what you do each and every day affects your recovery from workouts and your muscle building and fat burning results. No one will ever be able to tell you that you're overtraining. It's something you're going to have to watch out for yourself.
Did you know that you could workout 7 days per week for years and not overtrain? All you would have to do is start out easy, keep intensity low, increase your conditioning, and continue to increase workload and intensity as your body adapts to the increased workout load. Now I don't recommend 7 days per week... I just wanted to make a point.
Do you know what point I'm trying to make here? When someone tells you that you're overtraining, did they even care to ask you how much water you've been drinking, what supplements your taking, are you training to failure every set, are you doing high intensity cardio, are your stress levels high, etc? No. Most will never ask you that because they have no idea what overtraining is or how it comes about.
How Do You Know if You're Overtraining?
The easiest way to watch for signs of overtraining is to measure your strength gains from workout to workout. If you're making progress from workout to workout, you are definitely not overtraining. When strength gains come to a halt, you should start paying more attention to the factors that affect recovery between workouts. Are you drinking plenty of water? Are you eating enough of the right foods? And so on...
If you're making progress in the gym in terms of building strength, do not worry about overtraining.
If progress slows or comes to a halt, the simple way of fixing that is to first ensure you're optimizing all the factors that affect recovery between workouts. Are you sleeping enough? Drinking enough water? Do you need to decrease the stress in your life? Simple changes can kickstart your progress again!
If you're staying sore for extended periods of time... let's say for more than 4 to 5 days in the same muscle group, you most likely need to take a break from weight training. This shouldn't happen unless you're doing way too much weight lifting and too high a frequency. Soreness is not the best indicator of recovery, but if it occurs for long periods of time, you've done too much damage and need an extended break to let your body recover. Simply take a week off.
This is How The WLC Program Prevents You From Overtraining...
The WLC Program Package includes an entire section on Rest and Recovery. You'll find some of my biggest secrets for increasing recovery between workouts. You'll learn how to prevent overtraining by finding the optimal weight training intensity for you.
You'll also learn how to decrease the amount of stress in your life. Stress is one of the few things than can prevent you from making progress yet most people ignore this fact. If stress levels are high, you must do something to bring them down or you'll never make progress.
Sleep is also a huge factor affecting overtraining. You must get plenty of sleep each night if you want to build muscle and burn fat optimally.
Within the 400+ pages of the WLC Program, you'll find secret tactics that I've used to increase rest and recovery from workouts even more! Some of the tactics I will teach you are so amazing that your results can literally double. You don't get information like that with any weight lifting program.
An important tactic for preventing overtraining that you can use immediately is to take a full one week break after every weight training cycle. A weight training cycle can last anywhere from 8 to 15 weeks. Then, you need to take a break. No strenuous activity is allowed during the break so your body can fully recover.
The full one week break will prevent overtraining in the future. If you continue to beat down your body with no break, your body will eventually shut down from overtraining. You'll lose motivation, interest, and you'll probably become sick. - 17273
I cannot take it any more!!! No one can tell anyone they are overtraining without knowing much more about the person, their weight training program, their diet, their sleep habits, the stress in their life and much more. The nonsense must stop now.
Those same people that are telling you that you're overtraining are the same people that cost me years and years of wasted time, money, and effort. I'm sick of bad information. I want you to finally learn the truth about overtraining. If you'd like to learn the truth, please continue reading.
Why Someone Doesn't Know If You're Overtraining...
No one can look at your weight training program and tell you that you're overtraining or that you're doing too much. Why is this? Because there are too many factors that go into the overtraining equation. Every single person out there is different. Two people can do the exact same thing... One may overtrain while the other may not. We are individuals with different lives. No one can tell you that you're overtraining!
Here are just a few of the factors that affect whether or not you are overtraining...
1) Fluid Intake
2) Amount and Types of Food
3) Cardio Exercise
4) Weekly Program Adjustments
5) Weight Lifting Intensity
6) Weight Training Frequency
7) Pre and Post Workout Diet
8) Supplement Intake
9) Rest
10) Stress Levels
11) Traits Passed Down from Your Parents
12) Conditioning Level
The factors affecting recovery from workouts that I've listed above are still only a few... The list goes on and on. Your entire life and what you do each and every day affects your recovery from workouts and your muscle building and fat burning results. No one will ever be able to tell you that you're overtraining. It's something you're going to have to watch out for yourself.
Did you know that you could workout 7 days per week for years and not overtrain? All you would have to do is start out easy, keep intensity low, increase your conditioning, and continue to increase workload and intensity as your body adapts to the increased workout load. Now I don't recommend 7 days per week... I just wanted to make a point.
Do you know what point I'm trying to make here? When someone tells you that you're overtraining, did they even care to ask you how much water you've been drinking, what supplements your taking, are you training to failure every set, are you doing high intensity cardio, are your stress levels high, etc? No. Most will never ask you that because they have no idea what overtraining is or how it comes about.
How Do You Know if You're Overtraining?
The easiest way to watch for signs of overtraining is to measure your strength gains from workout to workout. If you're making progress from workout to workout, you are definitely not overtraining. When strength gains come to a halt, you should start paying more attention to the factors that affect recovery between workouts. Are you drinking plenty of water? Are you eating enough of the right foods? And so on...
If you're making progress in the gym in terms of building strength, do not worry about overtraining.
If progress slows or comes to a halt, the simple way of fixing that is to first ensure you're optimizing all the factors that affect recovery between workouts. Are you sleeping enough? Drinking enough water? Do you need to decrease the stress in your life? Simple changes can kickstart your progress again!
If you're staying sore for extended periods of time... let's say for more than 4 to 5 days in the same muscle group, you most likely need to take a break from weight training. This shouldn't happen unless you're doing way too much weight lifting and too high a frequency. Soreness is not the best indicator of recovery, but if it occurs for long periods of time, you've done too much damage and need an extended break to let your body recover. Simply take a week off.
This is How The WLC Program Prevents You From Overtraining...
The WLC Program Package includes an entire section on Rest and Recovery. You'll find some of my biggest secrets for increasing recovery between workouts. You'll learn how to prevent overtraining by finding the optimal weight training intensity for you.
You'll also learn how to decrease the amount of stress in your life. Stress is one of the few things than can prevent you from making progress yet most people ignore this fact. If stress levels are high, you must do something to bring them down or you'll never make progress.
Sleep is also a huge factor affecting overtraining. You must get plenty of sleep each night if you want to build muscle and burn fat optimally.
Within the 400+ pages of the WLC Program, you'll find secret tactics that I've used to increase rest and recovery from workouts even more! Some of the tactics I will teach you are so amazing that your results can literally double. You don't get information like that with any weight lifting program.
An important tactic for preventing overtraining that you can use immediately is to take a full one week break after every weight training cycle. A weight training cycle can last anywhere from 8 to 15 weeks. Then, you need to take a break. No strenuous activity is allowed during the break so your body can fully recover.
The full one week break will prevent overtraining in the future. If you continue to beat down your body with no break, your body will eventually shut down from overtraining. You'll lose motivation, interest, and you'll probably become sick. - 17273
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