Quote (Trolloaloal33 @ Mar 3 2012 03:06pm)

I read it, and it would be witty if I didn't mention what real overtraining is.

You have two pies. You know between the two that that one has to be lemon, but you're not sure which one. Everyone thinks the one on the left is lemon, but it's actually a cherry pie.

Get it now?


Yeah brah. This Dom guy seems to think overreaching and overtraining are the same thing. I refuse to explain it, though, so maybe you can explain it to him? (assuming you know the difference).

Quote (Trolloaloal33 @ Mar 3 2012 01:11pm)

@Dom,

Apparently you missed the portion (in the quote you posted) stating one is over a long period and one is over a shorter period. Therefore, if you're deloading every 6-8 weeks (I don't know why you would unless you actually needed it), then the worst you could do is overreach.

Learn to pay attention to what your body is feeling. Typical symptoms of overreaching are a lack of motivation to lift, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, etc.

EDIT: That's when you know you should take a deload.

Oh, and you can do it everybody else's way, or you can lift heavy and just cut the volume down. Your choice, but I'm pretty sure the latter yields slightly better results.

Quote (DOM_innate @ Mar 3 2012 03:19pm)

i saw the time difference. and it seems overreaching is just overloading your body to a point where you feel said symptoms above. and continued overreaching results in overtraining (if im getting this correctly)

is this accurate?

Quote (Trolloaloal33 @ Mar 3 2012 02:20pm)

Spot on, actually! Sorry I made it so hard for you.

Quote (DOM_innate @ Mar 3 2012 04:32pm)

all good bro. thanks, and sorry for being a hard ass. lol i really am trying to learn this stuff m9