Tag: overtraining

Heart Rate Variability and Overtraining

Overtraining is a risk for any person engaging in regular physical activity and is defined as an imbalance between stress and recovery, with the balance shifted towards stress.  Overtraining can be caused by too much physical stress as well as excessive psychological stress.  One of the consequences of overtraining is …

Living on the Edge

For most of my athletic life, I lived on the edge. I was constantly balancing stress and recovery. Pushing my body as hard as I could but backing off just before I created long-term damage. I wasn’t always successful with this. I often crossed over the edge. Sometimes the repercussions …