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Al
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:38:13 -0400, "Dr_Dickie"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>At first blush, I would say that you are overtraining.
>>While I did not exhibit the classic symptoms that you do (elevated heart
>>rate and sleeplessness), I found several years ago, that my legs felt "dead"
>>all day long (I was running about 30 miles a week- over 3days; doing squats
>>and deadlifts on the other 3 days;and walking on the treadmill in the
>>afternoon everyday). I stopped the treadmill walking, and my running
>>improved, as the deadlegs faded.
>>Try taking a week or two off, and working your way back slowly to your
>>current level.
Thanks for your input. Yes, I suspect it was just overtraining too.
I've heard of something called 'nervous overtraining' where the
nervous system gets kinda frazzled. That sounds like my case. I seem
to be in fine shape again now after taking the 1mg of Ativan
yesterday. I probably should have worked up more gradually to my
current levels of training.
Al
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>At first blush, I would say that you are overtraining.
>>While I did not exhibit the classic symptoms that you do (elevated heart
>>rate and sleeplessness), I found several years ago, that my legs felt "dead"
>>all day long (I was running about 30 miles a week- over 3days; doing squats
>>and deadlifts on the other 3 days;and walking on the treadmill in the
>>afternoon everyday). I stopped the treadmill walking, and my running
>>improved, as the deadlegs faded.
>>Try taking a week or two off, and working your way back slowly to your
>>current level.
Thanks for your input. Yes, I suspect it was just overtraining too.
I've heard of something called 'nervous overtraining' where the
nervous system gets kinda frazzled. That sounds like my case. I seem
to be in fine shape again now after taking the 1mg of Ativan
yesterday. I probably should have worked up more gradually to my
current levels of training.
Al