endurance and overtraining

Question 1

what is functional overreaching?

Answer 1

Intense training leads to drop in performance

Question 2

what is non functional overreaching?

Answer 2

When intensified training continues, in the absence of adequate recovery the athletes can evolve into a state of extreme overreaching

Question 3

what is overtraining syndrome?

Answer 3

Not just performance but several biological, neurochemical and hormonal mechanisms.
Diagnosis can only be made by excluding all other possible influences on changes in
performance and mood state.

Question 4

what causes overtraining?

Answer 4

Training load
Psychosocial stressors
(adolescents) Inadequate recovery
Inadequate nutrition

Question 5

what are good monitoring tools?

Answer 5

Performance
Hormones (cortisol)
Mood (POMS)
Physiology(HRV)
Biochemistry (CK-muscle damage)
Immunology (Illness)
Training Load(session RPE)
Sleep (actigraph)
Appetite (scale/hormonal)

Question 6

what do endurance athletes need pre-competition?

Answer 6

3-4hrs before, 200-300g of CHO
• 20-35% (ACSM, 2009)
Protein needs of endurance athletes 1.2-
1.4g.kg.BM-1