The Over Training Syndrome (OTS)

Exercising becomes a lifestyle, it becomes a part of every day life for those engaged in living a healthy life. It can, however, also become too much.

The Over Training Syndrome (OTS) occurs for endurance athletes and weightlifters when the Central Nervous System has been exhausted. It can hit anyone who is committed to exercising. The body is in complete overdrive and therefore does not have adequate time to recover completely.

The first sign that a break is needed is often signaled through reaching plateaus in your workouts. When this occurs it is crucial that you take time off, by either complete taking a break or by lessening the volume. If you don't you will overexert your Central Nervous System leading to a variety of symptoms caused by the OTS.

High volume training is important to improve performance for shorter intervals of time, but there has to be a de-load period immediately afterwards, which allows the body to recuperate.

I want to shed light on the symptoms to help all of you avoid the dark pit that is the OTS.

Note that these can occur at different stages of the OTS and you may not experience all of them, but only a select few.

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Be healthy and exercise, but be aware of the dangers associated with excessive training.

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