Overtraining and injuries
I worked out with weights every day for three straight months followed by an hour long martial arts workout. I think I was getting a little crazy towards the end. Now I am doing weights every 1-2 days out of necessity: trying to lessen the nagging tendonosis in my arms and chronic soreness in my left shoulder (not yet a rotator cuff tear, thank God). At what point does pain heal and the body get stronger?
Like a fuse, you’re burning out. No time to rest and recuperate and think clearly and wisely about what you are doing — to pause and assess and regulate — to observe and enjoy and appreciate yourself and your endeavors and achievements and life around you. Eager and energized enthusiastic is good; driven and obsessed is bad.
Oh, yeah. There’s that: overtraining, injury, exhaustion, low-resistance and the anxiousness and irritability that results.
When you rest adequately, making sure you’re always eating right, and embark upon a sensible and balanced training regimen.
Godspeed… Dave
Posted on August 31st, 2010 in Injuries and illness,Joint Pain by Dave Draper