TIRED OR SLEEPY AFTER TRAINING? NOT GOOD. CHANGE YOUR TRAINING PLAN.
Feeling tired after training is something that is desired by some elite and amateur athletes, approved by coaches and is often recommended as part of a good and
effective training session. As if you're not tired - you didn't train enough. Luckily, not everyone agrees, as common sense dictates to some that being tired is not part of a normal program.
A feeling of being tired after training is not a good thing. Period. It doesn't equal a good training session. It doesn't mean you improved. It doesn't mean you gave it all you got, at least not in a sense that you might want it to be. And it is certainly not part of
recovery process by any means.
Training should leave you happy and content with your progress, satisfied with how you performed, pleased with results and looking forward to another session. If it's anything other than that - you're heading in the wrong direction and your training plan needs to be adjusted before you hit the wall.
Training is an art form - art of discovering, learning, listening, developing, fine-tuning, mastering, perfecting. Training should not leave you physically or mentally tired. An athlete yawning or falling asleep during training (it really does happen) or after training has literally crossed the line and is on his way to the dead end. Another thing to be said about yawning is that it's really not a mysterious condition. It is almost funny to hear puzzled questions like: I was yawning during my last training session and I can't explain it since I was really into my work out. When do we yawn? When we are bored. Simply change your activity to see how quickly yawning will disappear.
While it makes all the sense to use the
same technique for different athletes as far as movement is concerned, it does not make sense to use one
training program for everyone as far as the training load goes. While some of us can run a marathon or lift some serious weights, others should not even think about it, nor do they need to. The training load is not determined by the strength of your mind, your spirit or your desire to be great and not do less than the guy next to you. Proper training load is determined by other factors which are rather individual and require an individual approach.
So how do you know what to do, how many times and when the line is crossed? Well, that's the
art of training and that's where coaches come in. And it is coaches’ ability to take their athletes to the next level with each training session opposed to just training and training and training, that makes all the difference.
Unfortunately it is a rare phenomenon. There are more athletes that not only survive the training, but also succeed purely due to their natural abilities, than the ones that develop and reach their potential due to good coaching. Many sports insiders could testify to the number of young gifted athletes that disappear off the charts due to injuries and over-training before ever getting a chance to show off their abilities prime time. Sadly, lots of coaching is primarily motivational rather than developmental and it ruins many young athletes.
What do you do, if you don't have a coach? The general rule is to stick to doing less rather than more. Contrary to popular belief, training less will do you more good, than training more.
Read our previous article on first signs of over training to avoid making fatal, but easily avoidable mistakes.
Article by Dr. Nicholas Romanov
Composed by L. Romanov
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