Is overtraining a myth or an easy excuse

As much as i agree you cant really use Hopkins as an example-the guy is a genetic freak haha amazing how he is doing but even people like Kessler live the life and he wont be fighting till hes Hopkins age. Hopkins benefits from his style as well as dedication.

No arguments with your points on Hatton but even with his style he was going to end his career earlier rather than later

 

You cant beat a good lay down..

 

I don't personally believe in overtraining. more case of ill advice and under recovering.

 

Its all Isaac Newtons fault, .

 

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Thank you for saving me the bother of writing that!

 

I don't think it's a myth. As for excuses, I think there really are excuses/reasons at times for under performing. Some nights fighters perform better than other nights. They might feel sharp on the night or flat on the night. Of course sometimes this depends on how the opponent performs. You wouldn't expect a golfer or footballer etc to go out and perform to his absolute best every time he played.

 

If you are generally fit then you are not desperately thrashin your body into shape. And yes rest and quality sleep is very important. Its a balance. Its genetics. Its state of mind. Its having the confidence to rest and know it will b benificial to your body.

 

Its impact and the damage it does. Surprisingly this happens because, one reason stress, plus the area which is most in danger is the upper spine, because of bad posture and alinement. All down to the thing that moves us, the Floor.

 

No you cannot over train , but what you can do and it happens a lot is that you come in over weight , train really hard and your body needs more time to recover due to your weight when you came in to train.

Also when your diet changes so dramatically the body will feel week.

Look at the great trainers Hopkins, Mayweather , they train harder than anyone , yet never looked weak in the fight.

 

Quite a silly question really.. Of course you can over train.. For a beginner go run 5 miles then try and run 5 miles the next day see what happens!!

It comes down to some basic things but really ties into your energy system. This is due to the way you train and as Natural Mass has said diet and rest being just as important as the actual training.. It's also true what Billy says in sport specific to boxing.. You train to peak you want to fight when your peaking.. Some fighters believe they are training too hard and that's the problem. They need to push through there barriers in order to hit there peak

 

That's not training. :huh

 

It is training in some way.. Point is the example that your body will reject that you need rest..

 

Understand the principle, of the venous returns. That will give you an idea of rest.

 

I think it is an easy excuse but it's obviously possible. The body needs a certain amount of rest before a fight to be in peak condition so if fighters are training too much or too hard just before a fight they won't be 100% in the ring. Rest is important in the days leading up to a fight.

 

As others have said, under resting is a part if the issue as is "burn out". It's not a myth but it's used as an excuse