The Movement System Podcast CSCS Prep: Overtraining
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Mar 11, 2026 Discussion of General Adaptation Syndrome and how short-term overreaching can lead to supercompensation. Comparison of functional versus nonfunctional overreaching and the continuum toward overtraining. Exploration of autonomic changes in sympathetic and parasympathetic overtraining. Conversation about allostatic load, movement variability, and practical monitoring measures like heart rate, power, and training desire.
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Functional Overreaching Is Planned And Temporary
- Functional overreaching is planned high-volume or intensity blocks that yield performance gains after a deload.
- Typical examples include GPP phases or training camps followed by a deload and a strength phase.
Nonfunctional Overreaching Wastes Training
- Nonfunctional overreaching causes accumulated fatigue where recovery only returns the athlete to baseline, making the training ineffective.
- This happens when volume or duration exceeds the athlete's capacity or recovery window.
Overtraining Means Long Term Performance Loss
- Overtraining is long-term decrements in performance from accumulated training and non-training stressors requiring weeks to months to restore.
- The definition includes possible physiological and psychological maladaptations and autonomic changes.
