06-14-11, 12:50 PM | |
VF Supporter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kansas City
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Personally, I do about 5 workouts a week, and 2-3 of them are more intense, with 2-3 being less intense. I just am prone to push harder on alternating days than sequential days. I agree very much that your heart and muscles adapt far faster than your joints, so watch out for that. And also, if your life in general is high stress, keep your exercise stress lower; if your life in general stress is low, be happy and have at it!!
I really agree with Kyra that it's awfully hard for the recreational athlete like most VFers to truly overtrain. I'd consider safety first, which means listening to your body! My body just tells me I can do TWO intense workouts in a row, but not three. And it's happiest with and every other day thing. |
06-14-11, 01:18 PM | |
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Canada
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For me, I'm not worried about overtraining however I limit my more intense workouts because of my appetite! In January I was doing a rotation that consisted of Paul Katami's Bootcamp 3-4 days per week and my eating got out of control. As soon as I went back to my barre/kickboxing combo my appetite returned to normal. With the beautiful weather I've been doing some running for cardio and I notice my appetite is out of control again. As others have said you have to listen to your body.
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intensity, low intensity, overtraining |
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