The Impact of Compulsive Training and Long Term Training

The impact of compulsive training and long term training"

Superior athletes have and will always be very hard workers. The problem is that sometimes athletes can begin to train so extensively that they cause long term damage to their bodies, and delay improvement in their sport. The majority of sports are endurance intensive and the majority of overtraining syndrome cases involve endurance sports.

At some point during their career, a number of endurance athletes report experiencing a suppressed athletic performance, often in conjunction with one or more other physiological symptoms. Among others, these symptoms may include chronic fatigue, disturbed mood states, and increased infections, changes in resting heart rate and disturbances in sleep patterns. Athletes experiencing such symptoms may be suffering from, or are at increased risk of developing, the overtraining syndrome.

At times, the symptoms associated with the overtraining syndrome can be severe, and full recovery may take a number of weeks or months. For some athletes, the outlook may be even bleaker. In long term overtraining circumstances athletes have been unable to continue participating in their sport.

Despite being recognized as a serious problem for endurance athletes knowledge on prevention and detection is very limited. A number of difficulties exist with regard to the recognition and diagnosis of the overtraining syndrome, and uncertainty exists in relation to its cause.

In addition, long term training can if done properly can have a positive effect on quality of live, and health of the body. In general, physical activity benefits health. However, long-term intensive physical training may have detrimental effects on the health of some individuals. Some endurance athletes may experience atrial fibrillations that are possibly related to long-term physical training. Older athletes only have an increased risk of osteoarthritis in joints that have suffered injuries. Menstrual disturbances and premature osteoporosis may occur in women as a consequence of intensive physical training. However, the risk for these adverse consequences of long-term physical training is small. If athletes pay attention to the limitations of their bodies, and move away from the "No Pain No Gain" attitude athletes were taught by trainers and coaches for many years then athlete's success will be elevated and