over trained

[cambay411]

Master, you are talking about two different things here. A fit and active fighter trains smart, lets his body heal and doesnt over train.


An active fighter who doesn't train smart, rest and let his body heal is still in for trouble even tho he is active.


Its really pretty easy to over train especially as you get older. Even when your young its easy to over train and have naggy injuries that wont heal. Some people can get away with it for years but it will eventually catch up with everyone that does it.


The main issue with over training imo tho is your stamina/cardio will hit a brick wall and usually back track (in my case). When I feel like im having trouble going as many rounds as I usually do I will try to push thru. If im not back on track in a week I go more light days than usual and even take some extra days off and I get back on track within a week and a half or 2 weeks.


Over training is a real thing and I gaurentee fighters, especially lower level fighters who cant afford the top notch trainers, lose fights because of it all the time. Maybe they would have lost those fights anyway but over training will defiantely contribute to a loss.

[Britkid]

Bomber Bruno was definitely guilty of this in his big fights in the 80s. I suspect nerves played a part.

[ross]

You can deffinitly fuck the timing of your training up!

Just think of doing a basic excercise like bicep curls. If you do them as hard as you can one day and the next your biceps are sore, you will not be able to do the same amount of effort. Unless you leave them 2 or 3 days, depending on how fit they are already.

They need to have a good rest period before the fight and between weight training and sparring etc.

This is why short notice opponents are shit. Unless they have been active as in a few fights in the year before hand and their last fight not too many weeks ago and have been in the gym ticking over, they will be shit. If they had a weeks notice there will be nothing other than some sparring and pad work to sharpen themselves up that they can do. They will not get any fitness or stamina benefit in any less than two weeks.