S6 EP30: Are You Overtraining?

The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast

Constantly Varied Gear

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Are you overtraining? Do you know what the signs of overtraining are? It’s become common to think of overdoing it in terms of productivity as an aspiration, not a problem. People aim to work the most hours, sleep the least hours, and hustle the hardest. And that sort of attitude bleeds over into training.

Unfortunately, overtraining doesn’t mean that you’re improving. In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea talk about overtraining. Listen in to hear what they have to say about listening to your body, the signs of overtraining, and why you may not be feeling energized.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

Pride in overdoing it
Moving away from your goals by not taking care of yourself
Overtraining, or overdoing it, as pie
Listening to your body
Signs of overtraining
Why doing more doesn’t mean that you’ll get better
Why you’re not feeling energized
Why you’re not sleeping well when you overtrain
Your cortisol levels
The importance of recovery
Runner training
Doing different types of movement
How long you can sustain performing at 100%
Why you should be aiming to vary intensities
Nutrition, hydration, and sleep in alignment

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Transcript

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0:00.0	And that's fine. And that doesn't necessarily mean that you are over training if you're not
0:04.8	PRing more than once a year. That means you're seasoned, but you are going to still PR in other
0:11.0	areas of your training in that you are noticing that your times are getting faster. Your runs are
0:16.4	getting faster. There's a number of factors that we're always testing in training. Your recovery is
0:22.1	getting quicker. Like those are all ways to PR. The big question is this. In a world of fake
0:35.1	Instagram models and bad diets, how do real people achieve their fitness goals?
0:42.3	We are an army of hardworking women, changing their lives through fitness and health.
0:49.3	Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well
0:56.2	a part of your life.
0:58.6	Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere.
1:02.5	Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives podcast.
1:07.6	Hi guys and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Sate Lives podcast.
1:11.6	I'm Kelsey. I'm Niga.
1:12.6	New set up.
1:14.6	Set up.
1:15.6	See my brain set.
1:18.6	Dang.
1:19.6	I can sit in the same room and talk to you in real life.
1:26.6	It is. She's really. and talk to you in real life.
1:30.2	It is really.
1:34.8	I feel like we'll work it out better,
1:36.5	but this is our first try,
	...

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