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SPORTS: MEDICINE :
PHYSICAL TRAINING AND EXERCISE:
Body Balks at Intense Training
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Body Balks at Intense Training
12:23 AM, Nov. 12, 2011
Written by
KEVIN CALLAHAN
Courier-Post
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20111112/
NEWS01/311120011/Body-balks-intense-training
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More isnt always better, especially in training for athletic competition.
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Everyone thinks more is more, said Chuck Whedon, the coordinator of
Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Services at Rowan University,
explaining why athletes push their bodies to harmful levels while working
out for their sports. It is a huge psychological component.
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Athletes overtrain when they physically extend the intensity and volume of
workouts past the bodys own capacity to recover. The body will scream no
more, but the mind thinks more is better. As a result, the athlete will
not only cease making gains, but typically reverse gains achieved by
previous workouts and lose overall fitness, including strength and
endurance.
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The body, Whedon said, doesnt repair itself. He adds that athletes
generally need 48 to 72 hours to completely recover from intense training.
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The obvious signs are muscle and joint soreness and inflammation. But the
problems penetrate deeper into the body.
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Usually, the person wears down their immune system and their nervous
system, Whedon said. They cant keep the glycogen in the muscle during
exercise. They become hyperglycemic. They dont have the energy.
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Weight loss is also associated with overtraining. However, in addition to
the physical harm, athletes who overtrain also lose their competitive edge
and enthusiasm for their sport, and often become irritable and depressed.
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I was fortunate enough not to see too many overuse injuries or any
musculoskeletal injuries. I think the greatest injury was mentally, said
Michael Boisselle, 23, a soccer goalie at Rowan who admitted he
overwhelmed myself with working out and preparing for my first college
preseason.
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Although I was a goalkeeper, I always took pride in breaking the
stereotype of being the laziest or most out-of-shape person on the team.
Instead I always wanted to be the fastest, quickest, and be overall the
most fit member of the team, said the Bucks County, Pa., native. In order
to achieve this, I trained all but one day a week, with most days
including numerous training sessions or different modes of exercise
throughout the day.
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I mentally drained myself with the worry about staying fit and being
prepared to make a statement as a walk-on goalie that came to Rowan
University from out of state.
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Rachael Dix, a senior at Rowan, tore her anterior cruciate ligament three
weeks ago. Her injury isnt related to over-training; still, her college
playing career is over after countless hours of work in the offseason.
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Dix, 21, trained at least five days a week, two hours a day, during the
summer.
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Asked if she wanted to take more days off in the summers, she said:
Definitely. Almost every day, you are exhausted.
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