At what point do you know you have overtrained?

I know lots of people like that.

Oh it is possible to "overtrain" in the sense of overdoing it relative to your level, but most people can just push through unless they are at a reasonably high level, in which case it may or may not be counter productive.

Bottom line is, don't worry about it, plan your training in an intelligent manner and just see how you go, everyone is different.

 

Mr Small, that is the Bottom Line :good

 

I am the bottom line??

 

If you "physically or mentally crashed" before a test of some kind, its more likely you are wearing yourself out in your own mind rather than it being training related. If you feel bad in the body then maybe you are overdoing it. If you get a bad feeling mentally, feel tired, feel like you don't care, that's just nerves pre test I would say.

What is PK? Being in a fog for me is just feeling a bit bored with what you are doing, being in a fog is a warm heavy day where you can't be arsed to do anything. Usually again this is your body's response to try and get you out of doing something challenging, I get this a lot before competitions and training sessions, but its just your body trying to save itself really. don't read too much into it if that's the case.

 

No problem mate.

 

When it comes to resistance training it is quite difficult to overtrain unless you're trying to train max strength every day. When it comes to cardio training it is not hard to do. When doing cardio training particularly high intensity cardio it is extremely important to be eating alot and keeping your glycogen stores up. You will need rest days. If you're boxing at the right intensity you shouldn't really be training more than 3 or 4 times a week, regardless of fitness status.

 

Agreed on it being easier with intense cardio, that's what I alluded to with the "running 5 miles a day twice a day" thing, if that was even in this thread :huh
Although most people will be too sore/too tired mentally to push that far, most of the time.