I bet you could guess why I haven't made a post for awhile based on the title I choose.
Yea, over training SUCKS.
One day you think you're all hardcore training every session as hard as you can and not missing a single session. The next day, you're sweating with the AC on full blast while curled up in your bed with all the shades closed so no light is able to break into your cavern.
I didn't miss one training session since I got here. I was training hard 2x a day, 6x a week, pushing through the discomfort and pain I was expecting to be going through. However, apparently the body can only take so much until it starts to breakdown.
As a fighter, my mentality towards over training is that it's a myth (obviously it's not). But the only way I could push through some of the workouts and continue improving is to make myself believe that the pain is just temporary and it will eventually succumb once I eat a nice meal and take a nice hot shower... which is usually the case.
But you know you're over training when:
You begin feeling unmotivated to do any sort of physical activity
Casual soreness in the body turns into shooting pains and becomes tender to the touch
Your mind is completely fatigued and is incapable of focusing and concentrating
Emotions become overwhelming, you often become depressed or anxious
Flu like symptoms arise - chills, headache, fever, sore throat, stuffy nose etc.
Trust me, you'll know when you're at the point where you are over trained and should take a day or two off (at least), because you will feel so shitty that the only thing you'll want to do is sleep.
When you notice signs of over training, treat yourself by:
Sleep. A lot. Forever. Until you have some sort of energy to move
Increase vitamin B and vitamin C intake to strengthen the immune system
STOP TRAINING. Give yourself a break!
It's one thing to keep pushing through tough workouts and making sure you get to the gym enough times to be in top shape for your upcoming fight - but it's another thing if you're hurting your progress by training TOO hard, TOO often and losing muscle mass, technique and everything else that has taken so long to perfect.
The best advice I could give after over training multiple times is
Listen to your body. There will be days you'll get your ass kicked and naturally you'll feel beat up and sore... but you'll eventually learn the difference between good hurt and bad hurt. You'll learn that either by taking extra precaution or by being a stubborn ass like me and training anyways then getting sick.
Eat well. Since I've been in Thailand my food intake has been dramatically less than back in the US. Mainly because I don't have a large fridge, cooking appliances or anything that would help me snack throughout the day. But now since I went through this whole episode, I'm stacking up on fruits, nuts, chocolate milk, chicken, and some bread just so I have things to munch on between meals.
I'm back to my normal self again after taking about 3 days off, but I'm gradually getting back into the swing of things. My fight is February 9th (a little over 2 weeks) so I want to make sure I'm healthy enough to fight, but still in great shape to not pass out after the 2nd round.
I'll try to get more training videos up the next few weeks leading up to my fight (sparring, pads)! Thanks for all the support!
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