Comments on: Jocelyn On Overtraining

By: Thur, May 28th – CrossFit Ireland - Great People. Great Fitness.

Thur, May 28th – CrossFit Ireland - Great People. Great Fitness. — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:05:10 +0000

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By: samrad

samrad — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:07:42 +0000

Golden old boy, I second what Jocelyn said.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:32:44 +0000

Thanks for posting “fitnflorida.” People don’t realize that there can be serious consequences to pay for overtraining that go far beyond muscle soreness and general fatigue. You should check out robbwolf.com, or even better, get in touch with Robb Wolf himself to get on a nutrition plan that can help reverse your condition. I recently went to a Robb Wolf nutrition cert a realized that diet alone can cure most disease/conditions/etc. Thanks for sharing. Hope you are recovering otherwise and training wisely.

Sam, I am proud of you girl for resting up. I’m glad to hear you are feeling better:) I’ll see you soon, nice and fresh lady!

Emily, as a marathon runner I’m sure you can completely relate. Overtraining in marathon runners is very common. Hopefully you will take your past experience and apply it to all of you future training- especially since you’re on such a role! CrossFit Total 419# what!

Ashley, no more 100 GHDs for you.

Golden, you have the opposite problem. Quit slackin. And get those toes in line buddy.

By: Sam Y

Sam Y — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:58:43 +0000

Ummmmm…Yes, I hear you clearing your throat, Jocelyn. This is a “PR” for me: I haven’t done CrossFit for 3 days in a row (Sun, Mon, Tues)..I listened (for once) and am actually resting.. I think it’s made an immediate difference to my groin, and to some extent to my shoulder and elbow. And I really appreciated “fitnflorida” (hi there) chiming in with her experience–thank you for having the courage to open and share with us. We should all take note.

By: fitnflorida

fitnflorida — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:06:48 +0000

Jocelyn,
Thanks so much for this article. I loved the part about doing a “light” training and calling it a rest day. I was too embarrassed to post on the CrossFit message board about this becasue I thought I was the only one doing this. I have gone beyond overreaching and am definitely struggling with overtraining syndrome. After a couple of years of overtraining and undereating, I now officially have hypothalamic amenorrhea along with osteoporosis. I am only 39. Wish I would have known the neruological consequences that come with underrecovery. Training hard is good with rest and healthy eating………totally distructive without rest and good food.

Thanks again for the article.

By: golden

golden — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:00:10 +0000

I like to rest in the middle of a WOD with Sam yelling at me to keep moving.

By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:44:31 +0000

Take it from me: REST!

By: emily

emily — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:58:05 +0000

Such a good post, Jocelyn. Thank you for reminding us to rest, and thank you for including all the signs/symptoms. It’s a good list to look over and I definitely see and have seen in the past, some of these signs in myself. It’s hard to listen to the voice of reason sometimes when the things we do are so much fun.