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A lot of the "overtraining" controversy has to do with definitions. One man's overtraining is another man's working hard. Any one can overextend a bit once in a while, and need an extra rest day, or needs to tweak the routine a little. Is that "overtraining"? I've heard definitions of overtraining that sound a lot like major depression. So if a person develops major depression, and he or she happens to train hard, is he or she overtraining? Maybe, but maybe they are just a exercise nut who has developed major depression. Non-exercisers do it all the time.

It's hard to say that it's a myth, when we probably aren't all talking about the same thing. We don't agree about what "it" is.

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Sorry Stephen, I wasn't meaning to piss off people. Guess I've been reading too much Chaos'n'Pain lately FTR I wasn't really disagreeing with anyone, more like thinking aloud.

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There is obviously a chance that you can overtrain but it's really not something to worry about all you have to do is listen to your body. I can't tell you if your chest is sore. I can't tell you if you are fatigued. If your tired take a nap change your diet or drink coffee?

All I know is I TRIED to overtrain and couldn't do it. Maybe I didn't try hard enough but like I said congrats to the few that have supposedly done it!

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