how is it possible to overtrain? does it drain you of your stamina or something? how can training so much be bad?

My guess is not only will the body be fatigued, you'll be practicing movements with less than perfect form from being tired. Then you'll get in the habit of performing incorrectly.

it's training too damn much and too hard that your burnt out and won't be able to fight as good as you should. has a litle bit to do with fatigue also. Happened to me once in the provincials (we went on runs 3 times a day for 1 month) and had no stamina in our first game and we practised every day also for 1 month & in the game we had absolutely no touch.

training so much can be bad like if your lifting weights and you do chest 3 days straight its being overworked and it will be fatigued which can also lead to injury

Over Excersion (sp?), may lead to an injury i believe....

Also it will drain your stamina and, if your body dehydrates or something like that, this can affect the delicate balance of your fitness....

rest is just as important as training, if you train the same area, whether its weights, running, arm work. leg work etc whatever it is will lead to you fatigue.
Dont train when your ill either cos that ****s you up

Overtraining can be almost as bad as doing nothing at all. If your body has no time to rest it cannot grow, because growth occurs during rest. Plus as everyone else has said it depletes stamina robs you of your energy.

My guess is not only will the body be fatigued, you'll be practicing movements with less than perfect form from being tired. Then you'll get in the habit of performing incorrectly.
i wud agree on tht

If you are over trained you will have less calories stored in your body. Less calories means less fuel for your body and thus you will not be able to compete as long as you should be able to.

Overtraining doesn't necessarily mean just less calories in the body. The amount of calories in the body depends largely on the amount of food you eat. You could jog for 2 minutes and still have less calories in the body if you don't eat enough during the day.

Overtraining can be almost as bad as doing nothing at all. If your body has no time to rest it cannot grow, because growth occurs during rest. Plus as everyone else has said it depletes stamina robs you of your energy.



i have a buddy that works a really physical full time job, is an amateur boxer, triathlete, and body builder. he works out hardcore ( for all three sports) 6 days a week, never takes a day off, and guess what, now he's serioulsy injured with planters facitis and still training his upper body. before getting diagnosed with facitis he ran with me twice a week in a lot of pain. kids, if anything tells u overtraining is bad, it should be this

i have a buddy that works a really physical full time job, is an amateur boxer, triathlete, and body builder. he works out hardcore ( for all three sports) 6 days a week, never takes a day off, and guess what, now he's serioulsy injured with planters facitis and still training his upper body. before getting diagnosed with facitis he ran with me twice a week in a lot of pain. kids, if anything tells u overtraining is bad, it should be this

lol who gets planters facitis nowadays. i learned when i was a kid from jumping off high objects to take it easy on the heels

training + rest = improvement

if you are fat there is no such thing as overtraining and i will stand by that untill the day that i die

There have been a lot of good points made by many.

Of course you can over train, the body is made of muscle, fat, water and chemicals, the has to be a steady balance within the body to maintain any standards of fitness even daily living.

The basics must be adhered too, warming up and warming down, stretching, drink plenty of water, eat correctly, train correctly using the right tools and techniques and rest!

If you cut corners with any of these fundamentals then you are at risk.

If you fail to rest, and train to the point of constant fatigue the body will begin to defend itself and concentrate on maintaining the muscles/body parts etc that require the most attention which will put the body into chaos causing injury, illness or mental breakdown caused by the stress.

The signs will be there, aches and pains are normal but you should know your body if you are aching and in pain constantly after training, if you feel shattered or totally drained then take a look at the factors I have mentioned to ensure you have the correct balance!

If you over train it does much more harm than good (regardless of weight and condition)