Posted by alexandra_k on November 12, 2010, at 20:26:27
In reply to Re: Nutrition » alexandra_k, posted by SLS on November 9, 2010, at 8:37:30
I have looked into it a fair bit. 'Overtraining' and also 'adrenal fatigue' and also 'CNS overload / burnout / fatigue'
There are a whole bunch of opinions out there...
So... It is a matter of seeing WHO is saying what and WHAT GROUNDS they have for the claims they have made (i.e., personal experience? over how long - did they keep logs of their performance etc? multiple personal experience (e.g., via experience in coaching multiple athletes - for which sports?), scientific evidence (does the claim follow from what they tested for and what was found and is that relevant to me at any rate)?
I've found t nation authors to be some of the most credible and the discussions there to be the highest quality cutting edge (giving due respect to different lines of evidence) thing there is. With all my searching for information on these issues on the web... This is the site that I keep coming back to as the most plausible / credible. But I guess others might find things different...
> recognizing overtraining in myself has been very helpful to remedy a condition of diminishing returns.
For muscle growth? (bulking?)
For cutting fat while retaining lean muscle mass?
What was your goal?
(If it wasn't more than the general 'to look better naked' then it is hard for me to comment because different people have different ideas of what would make them look better / worse)> I can't speak intelligently on the training modalities used in Olympic style powerlifting...
Powerlifting is one sport (contested lifts: back squat, bench press, deadlift) and olympic lifting is another (contested lifts: clean and jerk, snatch). The former is about LIMIT strength (how much weight you can move in each lift) whereas the latter is about POWER (the lifts physically have to be performed as powerfully / explosively as possible or you miss). Bodybuilding is about size and symmetry of muscle mass which is displayed with very low levels of bodyfat - so thats a different beast.
poster:alexandra_k
thread:968882
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20101029/msgs/970012.html