How to Avoid Over Training in Competitive Rowing

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Anna Marie and I am a Canadian Olympic rower. In this clip, I am going to talk a little bit about over training. It is something that can happen quite quickly even for competitive rowers. The best way to avoid over training is to keep that training log that I talked to you about;. jotting down your heart rate every morning as you lie in bed so your resting heart rate. If you jot it down every morning and it stays pretty consistent day to day, that can be considered a really good way to track if you are over training. If your heart rate all of the sudden spikes a little bit for a couple of days in a row or drops suddenly for that matter, any change in your typical resting heart rate can indicate either that you are getting sick or that you are over training. Same thing with weight. If you track your weight every day it can also be a indicator of over training. Sudden changes in weight for no other explainable reason can indicate over training. Other good ways to make sure you are not being over trained is to make sure you are getting adequate sleep. To make sure that you are eating enough carbohydrates in your diet, which we will talk a bit about later and to make sure that you are still enjoying our training sessions. If you're finding them to be a drag, maybe back off, switch things, try some cross training. All those can off over training. We'll talk a little bit about nutrition next, and then we'll get on to the physiology of rowing."