When are you training too much?

[Salty]

The main concern mate is that you will burn out before a fight/tournament, theres a lot of debate over whether this is mainly mental or physical but it is defently both. You will reach a point where you think you are in the best shape, this can be the turning point for you. If this is not a week before the fight your likely to burn, simply because you have now created an excuse for yourself.

You might now start missing out on that run in the morning or night thinking "I'm in the best shape i've ever been I can just miss this one", but this is just the start. You then start extending your cheat days to two meals a week, etc. Before you know it you have cheated yourself out of your hard work.

Now you ask how do I stop this from happening? Take a week (or half) of intense training off, use it to practise technique solely. If after this week you have a passion to hit the road again, you have not peaked but rather given your body good rest to then get to the next level. But however if you do not have this fire, you need to keep resting and keep practising that technique. The technique work will keep you in shape, without draining you with the monotony of conditioning.

The key is knowing when to rest, I highly suggest you take a break for a few days, keep eating right and see where you are at. Worst case scenario you give your body a break for a couple of days and come back a monster. Hope this helps buddy, I wish I had known this when I was younger, would have saved me a lot of injuries.

[SE7EN]

You're body will pretty much will tell you. Everybody should know their limits.

[Youngblood]

I think I might be a little keyed up. I feel like such a dik today.

When I first got to my new club, no one was even close to my age. Most everyone was over 20. Just in the last 2 months, a bunch of my friends who have come watched our in house fights have since joined, and this is good stuff for our club, and kinda cool for me.

2 of them have got their medicals and are already sparring, and I have sparred with them a few times but just really light. Usually just using defense and the odd slap punch for they clearly aren't ready to go hard.

Yesterday my buddy and I are sparring and he's a southie and we're doing okay, and I honestly think he's got lotsa potential. well, I'm so freakin keyed up these days wanting to fight it was driving me nuts holding back...so 2 rounds in I hauled off and give him a body shot. Probably the hardest body shot I ever gave anyone. Dropped his ass, and it made him cry.

I really had no business doing it, and feel like a total dik today as I feel I embarrassed him.

Dunno, just wanted to put that somewhere. I feel like an asshole today. That is all.

[:::PSL:::]

I think I might be a little keyed up. I feel like such a dik today.

When I first got to my new club, no one was even close to my age. Most everyone was over 20. Just in the last 2 months, a bunch of my friends who have come watched our in house fights have since joined, and this is good stuff for our club, and kinda cool for me.

2 of them have got their medicals and are already sparring, and I have sparred with them a few times but just really light. Usually just using defense and the odd slap punch for they clearly aren't ready to go hard.

Yesterday my buddy and I are sparring and he's a southie and we're doing okay, and I honestly think he's got lotsa potential. well, I'm so freakin keyed up these days wanting to fight it was driving me nuts holding back...so 2 rounds in I hauled off and give him a body shot. Probably the hardest body shot I ever gave anyone. Dropped his ass, and it made him cry.

I really had no business doing it, and feel like a total dik today as I feel I embarrassed him.

Dunno, just wanted to put that somewhere. I feel like an asshole today. That is all.

Don't feel bad. It's for his own good too.

[Salty]

Mate it is boxing and it was going to happen in sparring one day, although you still should appologize and let him know that you didn't mean to connect that well. It's a learning curve for both of you, so he will now protect his body... everyone remembers their first liver shot and from then on will make sure their right elbow stays covering it, so don't feel too bad brother.

[Douglas]

The main concern mate is that you will burn out before a fight/tournament, theres a lot of debate over whether this is mainly mental or physical but it is defently both. You will reach a point where you think you are in the best shape, this can be the turning point for you. If this is not a week before the fight your likely to burn, simply because you have now created an excuse for yourself.

You might now start missing out on that run in the morning or night thinking "I'm in the best shape i've ever been I can just miss this one", but this is just the start. You then start extending your cheat days to two meals a week, etc. Before you know it you have cheated yourself out of your hard work.

Now you ask how do I stop this from happening? Take a week (or half) of intense training off, use it to practise technique solely. If after this week you have a passion to hit the road again, you have not peaked but rather given your body good rest to then get to the next level. But however if you do not have this fire, you need to keep resting and keep practising that technique. The technique work will keep you in shape, without draining you with the monotony of conditioning.

The key is knowing when to rest, I highly suggest you take a break for a few days, keep eating right and see where you are at. Worst case scenario you give your body a break for a couple of days and come back a monster. Hope this helps buddy, I wish I had known this when I was younger, would have saved me a lot of injuries.

Rep for that. Even on the days you rest, you should still practice, run, or do something to work technique. Because those days where you pretty much don't do anything but relax can become downright addicting.