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The description of it as well as one of the theories on the cause make me think of burnout: > Kreher and others believe that the mind plays an equally importan
by drakonka 1mo ago
The description of it as well as one of the theories on the cause make me think of burnout:
> Kreher and others believe that the mind plays an equally important role. Because your central nervous system influences your brain as well as your physiology, he theorizes that true overtraining syndrome is triggered by a combination of psychological and physical stress.
> “That’s the multi-system nature of the condition,” Kreher says. “The interaction of the mind and body is incredibly influential.” To finish a 100-mile race requires a psychological thrashing, and some runners have described a kind of post-race depression. As they try to rally to train for the next goal, perhaps beating themselves up for their prior performance, that mental stress, in addition to the physical depletion, could bring on OTS.
- bhouston 1mo agoI wonder if gut changes could arise as a result of endurance training and then that affects the mind? This seems to be an understudied area. They are just apparently looking into gut changes with regards to endurance training: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12116556/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12116556/
- ifwinterco 1mo agoIt’s become common over recent decades for endurance athletes to consume gels etc during events. Maybe those gels are themselves bad for you somehow (they are basically pure sugar), but also if you don’t eat while running and just eat a normal diet of 3 square meals a day then that naturally limits how much you can train. Modern endurance athletes override the normal human digestion process by eating in a way that our ancestors wouldn’t have been able to do, therefore allowing them to train and race harder. But to what end?