Life By Design Podcast

#260 Best Of - Does CrossFit Always Lead to Overtraining?


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Despite CrossFit being an overwhelming success with more people joining the CrossFit community every single day, CrossFit still has it’s share of haters and people who try their best to discredit it.

It's important to note, that CrossFit is not the first or only model of training with the same general set of these principles.

CrossFit encompasses most of the same principles you would find in the majority of strength and conditioning facilities.

‘Overtraining’ is one of those concepts used to create uncertainty and even fear. 

Of course overtraining is real and it exists… but does every crossfitter  engage in overtraining? Does everyone lifting weights and training with intensity experience overtraining?

What we covered:

  • What is overtraining? How do you know if you are being affected by it?
  • Where does CrossFit's bad rap come from?
  • Signs of overtraining and what to look out for.
  • The accumulation of stresses and the role of the central nervous system.
  • What you can do to recover from overtraining.
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Life By Design PodcastBy Dr. Jamie Richards and Dr. Kresimir Jug discuss health, performance, paleo, crossfit, training, boosting your energy, fat loss, diet, exercise and positive thinking.

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