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| Avoid Overtraining |
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| by TTNL Coaching Staff |
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| Athletes of all level can suffer the affects of overtraining. Coaches can help by taking steps that will help their athletes avoid the potential of fatigue and injury. |
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As you plan for competitions, you should plan to avoid the strain, staleness, and the undesirable state of overtraining. There are certain methods to accomplish that, such as:
- Never plan a challenging workout immediately following a stressful competition! Give your athletes time to remove the fatigue, relax mentally, rest and recover before your athletes will train hard again.
- Throughout a week of training constantly alternate high with medium and low intensity workouts. This is a build-in strategy to avoid critical levels of fatigue.
- After each competitive phase, make sure the athletes have at least two weeks of transition, so that they can replenish the energy stores, remove fatigue, relax mentally, and regenerate from exhaustion.
- Use the step loading method, as the best progression training adaptation: one week of low intensity, followed by a medium week, and then by a high intensity week. This will be an opportunity for your athletes to replenish energy stores, recover and regenerate physically and mentally before they will be exposed to more difficult weeks.
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