{"id":165285,"date":"2018-06-12T12:17:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T12:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=165285"},"modified":"2018-06-12T14:29:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:29:42","slug":"6-signs-you-might-be-overtraining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/06\/12\/6-signs-you-might-be-overtraining\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Signs You Might Be Overtraining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cycling might be an extremely demanding sport. No matter if you ride on a professional level or just recreationally, there might come a point when you push too hard. For some time, your body could take it but everybody has their limits. How do you recognise that the time for slowing down is now?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>You get dropped during a regular ride<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While normally, you take the well-known climb easily, this time things go wrong. You can&#8217;t find enough power and the motivation drops. Even more precisely, it&#8217;s all shown on your power meter in case you use one. This can happen to anyone once or twice without the need for worrying, however, as soon as it turns out to be a more frequent state, start paying attention.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_165287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165287\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/06\/profimedia-0372952587.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165287\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/06\/profimedia-0372952587.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"831\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Profimedia, LaPresse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>You must force yourself to have a ride<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While in the past, you were eager to spend any second of your free time on the bike, your overall focus slackened off. The appetite for daily rides has dissolved somewhere between feeling not too well, nor ready to go. Mind that as long as you&#8217;re not a pro, the cycling should be fun in the first place, and workout in the second.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>You work like a machine<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Some of us can ride without break for an incredibly long time. Everybody needs time to recover, though. When a look at your calendar assures you that you had no training gap for a few weeks, have a rest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-158705 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-health-and-training tag-eat-to-ride tag-nutrition tag-tdf tag-world-class-cyclists-special-diets\" data-postid=\"158705\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"158705\" data-word-count=\"483\" data-headline-length=\"58\" data-category=\"Health &amp; Training\" data-author=\"Jiri Kaloc\" data-published=\"2017-07-04T08:44:05+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Tuesday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/07\/04\/world-class-cyclists-special-diets-chris-froome\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-1024x682.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700.webp 1178w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"world-class-cyclists-special-diets-chris-froome\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/health-and-training\/\" title=\"Health &amp; Training\">Health &amp; Training<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/07\/04\/world-class-cyclists-special-diets-chris-froome\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>World Class Cyclists &#038; Special Diets \u2013 Chris Froome<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>You have a shallow sleep<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Everything in your body seems to be upside down. Even though you&#8217;re tired as hell, you can scarcely sleep. Numerous studies proved that overtraining could impact sleep patterns causing insomnia or restless nights.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Your heart rate is somehow affected<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In some surveys, there has been proved that overtraining leads either to suppressed or elevated heart rate. If a remarkable change appears in just a short period, it might be a sign of overtraining telling that you should slow down a little bit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_165288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165288\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/06\/profimedia-0132332127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165288\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/06\/profimedia-0132332127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"827\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Profimedia, Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Your health is weakening<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When a sickness starts repeating itself, your immune system might be overloaded. While normally the training is benefiting the whole organism, when you put too much strain on your body, the system is unable to repair itself effortlessly. Please, don&#8217;t underestimate these signs as you only have one health to take care of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cycling might be an extremely demanding sport. 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