Do you believe in peaking too early and overtraining?

**Jloro** · 06-12-2015, 07:45 PM

Yeah I think it's not completely recovering like you said because they didn't end training early enough or just put too much work on their body without time to completely recover

**mathed** · 06-12-2015, 07:48 PM

Sure thing. You can train all the time but pushing yourself to the max everyday will break you down whether you like it or not. You can do it for a while but it will eventually get the better of you. Obviously, you could push it pretty hard all the time but training until you are spent all the time is not the way to go.

**SalimShady1212** · 06-12-2015, 08:51 PM

Originally posted by Jloro

Yeah I think it's not completely recovering like you said because they didn't end training early enough or just put too much work on their body without time to completely recover

Originally posted by mathed

Sure thing. You can train all the time but pushing yourself to the max everyday will break you down whether you like it or not. You can do it for a while but it will eventually get the better of you. Obviously, you could push it pretty hard all the time but training until you are spent all the time is not the way to go.

Good points!

**jas** · 06-12-2015, 08:57 PM

Absolutely. .

"Train smarter not harder"

- Bernard Hopkins and Floyd jr

**MurkaMan** · 06-12-2015, 08:58 PM

Originally posted by Salim_Shady

A lot of fighters tend to take days off during their training camps to avoid peaking too early and some claim to be sluggish as a result of "overtraining". Do you believe overtraining is real and a result of poor training methods which can be prevented by working out effectively or is it just an excuse?

I personally believe in under-recovery (working out too soon) and "peaking too early" as you should hope your best form is saved for the ring on fight night. Excessive sparring could potentially cause this imo. What do you experts think?

When u overtrain its like u feel slow, ur pushing your punches, u dont feel sharp and instinctive.. Its like your timing is off and everything. When your well trained, you feel sharp and natural.

Remember when Floyd trained for Cotto, leading up to the fight his ENTIRE camp did multiple interviews saying how he was peeking too soon, and they said he should rest. They kept saying it the whole camp. Then on the first day training for Ghost, Floyd Sr told Floyd he was doing too much and that he was "36 not 26. You need to let your body rest more" Then against Ghost, it was like he was in his prime all over again. Then we saw what happened against Canelo! The walk down session of 2013!

**Larry the boss** · 06-12-2015, 09:57 PM

yea,if you ever worked out you know you can over train because the next day you have nothing and are just tired

**Sosay** · 06-12-2015, 10:08 PM

Who cares if anyone believes it or not! It's 100% fact that you can over train in any sport!

**Hype job** · 06-12-2015, 10:14 PM

Overtraining is real but it's a lot harder to reach then many realise, in fact it's very hard to reach.

Peaking too soon is definitely a thing, if you peak too early in camp you'll either stagnate or regress, remember how Froch was hitting PR's leading up to the Groves 2 fight late in camp, he tracks his best running times and measures other performances, he was peaking late in camp (the right time) and it showed in the fight.

**SalimShady1212** · 06-12-2015, 10:14 PM

Originally posted by LarryXXX

yea,if you ever worked out you know you can over train because the next day you have nothing and are just tired

That's more due to a lack of recovery rather than too much training. If you do anything that puts a lot of stress on your muscles, those fibres tear and then are bigger when they recover (hypertrophy). Training too much and not resting/recovering enough are similar concepts but two different physiological terms.

Do you believe in peaking too early and overtraining?