Re: What's your opinion? Overtraining or just good hard work?
The method I use to determine if I'm overtrained is the heart rate check. I take my heart rate every day when I wake up, but do not yet get up out of bed. I do this for 5 days to get a baseline...
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Recovery from workouts and overtraining are two different things. For overtraining you check a few things like the resting HR which was mentioned. Others are: 1) Actually not being able to get your HR...
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Niemsco's right; when you're training for triathlon, you always walk a fine line between overloading your body enough to stimulate greater fitness and overloading your body too quickly and causing...
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I agree with the previous posts. Did you choose a Novice or Begginer Plan out of the book? The work load difference between this and an intermediate or advanced is significant. I would definitely...
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6 years of racing and overtraining taught me and my boyfriend that training smart rather than too hard makes all the difference. I am new to this site so I cannot speak to the training programs on...
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Hi I am new to triathlons being only my second year. Last year I completed two sprints and it went pretty well considering finishing was the goal. I am hooked and have signed up for two more sprints...
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I'm posting here because I im a similar boat as jldowne. Have done two tri's and want to step up to an olympic tri this early spring. Seems like the minimum time recommended to train up to one is...
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I recently found this site and thought it had some helpful training plans and info. http://www.mypypeline.com/ There are 12 week programs for Olympic distance races. I think you can find a program...
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If you are working towards a goal with a specific training plan then do not go by the run of the mill max heart rate calculations. I am 30 and my max is 183, I train with a 45 year old and his max is...
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I recommend doing a fitness test either follwoing treadmill or running a 5k to calculate your average heart rate. AHR is typically your zone 4 heart rate and base on that number you can calculate...
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