Why Sometimes You Need to Overtrain

June 20, 2018

Transcribed from video:

– But also, the important of overtraining at the top end. At the top end, you must overtrain because if you don’t sometimes go to here, how do you know where this dot is? How do you know what your point of overtraining is if you never get there? How do you know where the edge of the cliff is if you don’t sometimes step over the edge of that cliff? Now, for most people, certainly for general population, but I would say everyone in this room, you want to be avoiding this cliff. But those of you who are treating this as a sport or want to be an athlete as opposed to an exerciser, yes, you sometimes need to go there because by going there, by going to that threshold, we can identify where that threshold is, and if we can stay a millimetre before this point, we are optimising what you can do. It is as efficient as possible. And maybe it’s only half a percent gains, but half a percent is going to be a good thing for a lot of people, and it’s going to make a difference for a lot of people.

Dan Williams

Dan Williams

Founder/Director

Dan Williams is the Director of Range of Motion and leads a team of Exercise Physiologists, Sports Scientists, Physiotherapists and Coaches. He has a Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Health Science) and a Postgraduate Bachelor of Exercise Rehabilitation Science from The University of Western Australia, with minors in Biomechanics and Sport Psychology.

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