Long time no post everyone, well I'm posting here because I've been really going down hill with physical performance. Over the last few months I've been PT testing (physical training) and on my mile and a half run I started with 9:23 without much running. After coming into tech school my run time has been increasing almost a minute every month, I'm at a 11:41 mile and a half now. I still box and actually train harder than I did back home..so laziness definitely isn't a factor. I feel like utter **** while working out, having absolutely no energy. The only thing I could think of is stress..having an overmanned career field I have been very close to being kicked out numerous times and plus personal problems back home...I'm hoping it's nothing serious. All answers will be appreciated..cheers
Probably not resting enough or training too much. What do you do for recovery? I'd take a week off of training mate and see how you feel. Best of luck mate! :good
Definitely not overtraining, but rest could be one. Off time I literally just lay about in my dorm room
To expand on Scrap. Sleep and food decline or surplus are more the symptom, not the cause. In hearing what you are saying, as long as everything checks outs medically, I would say it is undoubtedly stress. Yours is not performance stress(which is natural and good), but chronic stress, or distress. This can affect the immune system, alter testosterone and growth hormone levels, and adrenaline. The stress hormones that once worked to protect may be overproducing, which can then affect metabolism and how cells grow and repair. I work as a Licensed Professional Counselor and can say that when the people I work with are chronically placed under continuous levels of stess, they perform poorly at work, in marriages, as parents, develop anxiety, anger, depression, and so forth. My advice is lighten your boxing load a bit and get the other stuff in order. The fact that you are asking the question is your answer. Pushing harder is not the answer, too much is,... too much. Good luck Paolo!
Thanks for that mate, yeah boxing definitely tends to pack on more stress rather than relieve it. I graduate in 2 weeks so hopefully I can finally relax
It definitely IS overtraining. When you have stress in your life it makes it a lot easier to overtrain. Rest. I don't understand why you say it might be not enough rest but you also say it's definitely not overtraining?
Because I don't find my workouts to be that extreme, I feel more mentally tired than anything during the day. Boxing feels more like a second job rather than something I enjoy right now
Mental tiredness, irritable mood etc. are common signs of overtraining. You could be doing easy workouts but the stress in your life is keeping your body and mind from recovering. Stress is stress regardless whether it's from exercise or personal problems, excitement or anxiety. Your body recognises it as the same and you need recovery from it. Professional sports teams always give questionnaires to their players with questions asking about their mood and motivation. There is no level or intensity that is going to 'overtrain' everyone, there's a different level for each person and it varies for each person at different times. Stop training because it's something that gets worse before it gets better. Eat plenty of carbs and try to relax. Athletes overtraining is very real and very different to the term 'overtraining' that gets thrown around in bodybuilding circles.
overtraining / lack of nutrition most likely What may helps is to modify training routine, maybe you got simply bored...
try some meditation. takes some deep breaths, focus on stillness for a while. get plenty of sleep, and make sure your diets on point. just a few ideas that's pretty much been covered already. also maybe change up your routine.
I definitely didn't know that, I only have 2 weeks left at this place..maybe just chillin out til I get home will help
got the same problem as you, i think it's because of your mood/mental state. I feel that how a training session goes is really dependant on your mental state. For example, in days where i feel very happy, light, peaceful, i tend to train really well and smooth. Everything seems to go right and my body is able to work at a high pace for the entire session. However, days where my mood is bad, when i feel like **** or a little depressed, the training sessions start to be plagued with fatigue and the performance levels drastically decreases. In your case the stress coming from school could be your cause. Hopefully after the 2 weeks left your performance will go back to its previous level! In future however, you may face similar situations so you got to find a solid solution to it. i heard mediating helps and just started trying a day ago lol
you need to relax eat well and watch lots of tv, you were prolly peaking and now its the recession i.e when body cant stay and perform at its optimum level. Body is like a machine, it functions and needs its rest, and food. Take a week off and go back to it slowly kinda like starting camp. my two cents dont kill yourself when you dont have fights lined up, work on things like footwork and different combos, take it easy ont he physical training and when you do have a fight then step up the physical training, to peak at the right time for the fight
