“Is It Overtraining or Just Work Ethic?”: Coaches’ Perceptions of Overtraining in High-Performance Strength Sports
Optimal physical performance is achieved through the careful manipulation of training and recovery. Short-term increases in training demand can induce functional overreaching (FOR) that can lead to improved physical capabilities, whereas nonfunctional overreaching (NFOR) or the overtraining syndrome...
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| description | Optimal physical performance is achieved through the careful manipulation of training and recovery. Short-term increases in training demand can induce functional overreaching (FOR) that can lead to improved physical capabilities, whereas nonfunctional overreaching (NFOR) or the overtraining syndrome (OTS) occur when high training-demand is applied for extensive periods with limited recovery. To date, little is known about the OTS in strength sports, particularly from the perspective of the strength sport coach. Fourteen high-performance strength sport coaches from a range of strength sports (weightlifting; <i>n</i> = 5, powerlifting; <i>n</i> = 4, sprinting; <i>n</i> = 2, throws; <i>n</i> = 2, jumps; <i>n</i> = 1) participated in semistructured interviews (mean duration 57; SD = 10 min) to discuss their experiences of the OTS. Reflexive thematic analysis resulted in the identification of four higher order themes: <i>definitions</i>, <i>symptoms, recovery</i> and <i>experiences and observations</i>. Additional subthemes were created to facilitate organisation and presentation of data, and to aid both cohesiveness of reporting and publicising of results. Participants provided varied and sometimes dichotomous perceptions of the OTS and proposed a multifactorial profile of diagnostic symptoms. Prevalence of OTS within strength sports was considered low, with the majority of participants not observing or experiencing long-term reductions in performance with their athletes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac7a4d4ae6424a7caef091303d86c2392023-11-21T23:03:23ZengMDPI AGSports2075-46632021-06-01968510.3390/sports9060085“Is It Overtraining or Just Work Ethic?”: Coaches’ Perceptions of Overtraining in High-Performance Strength SportsLee Bell0Alan Ruddock1Tom Maden-Wilkinson2Dave Hembrough3David Rogerson4Department of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UKDepartment of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UKDepartment of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UKDepartment of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UKDepartment of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UKOptimal physical performance is achieved through the careful manipulation of training and recovery. Short-term increases in training demand can induce functional overreaching (FOR) that can lead to improved physical capabilities, whereas nonfunctional overreaching (NFOR) or the overtraining syndrome (OTS) occur when high training-demand is applied for extensive periods with limited recovery. To date, little is known about the OTS in strength sports, particularly from the perspective of the strength sport coach. Fourteen high-performance strength sport coaches from a range of strength sports (weightlifting; <i>n</i> = 5, powerlifting; <i>n</i> = 4, sprinting; <i>n</i> = 2, throws; <i>n</i> = 2, jumps; <i>n</i> = 1) participated in semistructured interviews (mean duration 57; SD = 10 min) to discuss their experiences of the OTS. Reflexive thematic analysis resulted in the identification of four higher order themes: <i>definitions</i>, <i>symptoms, recovery</i> and <i>experiences and observations</i>. Additional subthemes were created to facilitate organisation and presentation of data, and to aid both cohesiveness of reporting and publicising of results. Participants provided varied and sometimes dichotomous perceptions of the OTS and proposed a multifactorial profile of diagnostic symptoms. Prevalence of OTS within strength sports was considered low, with the majority of participants not observing or experiencing long-term reductions in performance with their athletes.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/9/6/85overtraining syndromeoverreachingfunctional overreachingstrength trainingresistance training |
| spellingShingle | Lee Bell Alan Ruddock Tom Maden-Wilkinson Dave Hembrough David Rogerson “Is It Overtraining or Just Work Ethic?”: Coaches’ Perceptions of Overtraining in High-Performance Strength Sports Sports overtraining syndrome overreaching functional overreaching strength training resistance training |
| title | “Is It Overtraining or Just Work Ethic?”: Coaches’ Perceptions of Overtraining in High-Performance Strength Sports |
| title_full | “Is It Overtraining or Just Work Ethic?”: Coaches’ Perceptions of Overtraining in High-Performance Strength Sports |
| title_fullStr | “Is It Overtraining or Just Work Ethic?”: Coaches’ Perceptions of Overtraining in High-Performance Strength Sports |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Is It Overtraining or Just Work Ethic?”: Coaches’ Perceptions of Overtraining in High-Performance Strength Sports |
| title_short | “Is It Overtraining or Just Work Ethic?”: Coaches’ Perceptions of Overtraining in High-Performance Strength Sports |
| title_sort | is it overtraining or just work ethic coaches perceptions of overtraining in high performance strength sports |
| topic | overtraining syndrome overreaching functional overreaching strength training resistance training |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/9/6/85 |
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