Over training & Burnout

Question 1

Burnout continuum

Answer 1

• Recovered
• Functional over-reaching (<2 weeks)
• Non-functional over-reaching(>2 weeks)
• Over training
• Burnout

(Overtraining is the same longer term (overtraining syndrome = prolonged NFOR but still motivated))

Question 2

Burnout characteristics

Answer 2

• Negative emotional state, no motivation to training/compete, dropout

only diagnoseable once disease, nutrition, allergies, injuries are rule out as causes

Question 3

Signs & symptoms of OT

Answer 3

Decreases perf, sleep, appetite, mood

^ RPE, conflicts, irritability, URTI (Upper respiratory tract infection due to greater air exposure)

Question 4

Psychological side (as training increases)

Answer 4

Healthy athlete - depression the same, Vigour & fatigue decrease
OTS athlete - depression ^, more pronounced changes

Question 5

How to measure & issues w/ measurement

Answer 5

Questionnaires - Training distress scale & life demand analysis

Issues: time frame reference, what’s concerning, general or specific, lying

Question 6

Single identity (entrapment) idea explained

Answer 6

• Sport becomes all encompassing, identity based on sport, self esteem sport dependant, friends made through sport, active burnout, conditional love dependence