Quotes & Sayings About Overtraining

CSC and Bjarne Riis, who said something that's stuck with me for ten years: his philosophy was 'You never know how hard you can tighten something until it breaks'. Whether you are training, overtraining, or trying to get to your perfect race weight, you never know how far to push yourself until you actually break down. — Bradley Wiggins

Can't be touched, Can't be stopped, Can't be moved, Can't be rocked, Can't be shook. — Roy Jones Jr.

7For I do not want to see you now n just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, o if the Lord permits. 8But I will stay in Ephesus until p Pentecost, 9for q a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and r there are many adversaries. — Anonymous

Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains. — Bette Midler

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok. — Zaha Hadid

Overtraining is the biggest problem incurred by runners who lack the experience or discipline to cope with their own enthusiasm. — Marty Liquori

Regarding the mantra ... "There is no overtraining" Just because you can handle large amounts of volume doesn't mean it's needed. That's the crux of the issue. Just because the body can tolerate something doesn't mean it's a necessity for progress. This is simply poor logic. — Steve Shaw

(One sign of possible overtraining is a lack of a pump during your workouts.) — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became. — Maajid Nawaz

Body follows mind. If the mind compares itself to others this could lead to overtraining. Tune out what other runners do and how fast they run. Tune in, instead, to how your body wants to increase speed and distance. — Gina Greenlee