I'll add to this that even far-from-elite athletes can be hurt by "overtraining". When I was, 4 times a week, riding the 16 miles each way between home and work, W-E across Albuquerque -- Central from Unser (actually entered Central at Atrisco) to Juan Tabo -- with some 6 or 7 miles of climbing, in under 60 minutes including stops (often on a fixed gear), and always with a load, I was also regularly on the verge of sinus and throat infections, not to mention chronic fatigue. It was fun to overtake and keep ahead of the Route 66 bus, though. Can't do that now, 10 years later (almost 57)!
Note that it was about the same time that I was diagnosed with arrhythmia, tho' I don't know if the two were related. I did have a very low resting pulse. (I avoided beta blockers by a 18 month regimen of Chinese medicine (a quart a day of various, horrible, horrible witches-brew herbal potions -- dark, oily, scummy -- patent pills and accupuncture imposed by my ex who is a DOM as well as MD.) On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 25, 9:06 pm, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> But it takes really sick >> efforts to make one, well, really sick. > > that's a very good point. most folks will never approach the training > levels of elite athletes - their "training" is very different than > recreational athletes. most folks can't spend 10 minutes near their > anaerobic threshold, let alone 3+ hours like elite endurance athletes > commonly do. there's a world of difference here, and frankly it's > just not something most of us need to be concerned about. > > I'd add that while high intensity (anaerobic) exercise definitely has > it's benefits, it's a sure fire way to get injured if one doesn't > prime the body for those efforts. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
