overtrain

American  

[oh-ver-treyn] / ˌoʊ vərˈtreɪn /

verb (used without object)

1. to exercise too hard or without sufficient recovery time, often causing injuries or a decline in performance.

   When you overtrain with weights, you are constantly tearing down your muscles and not allowing your body to catch up in repairing them.

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verb (used with object)

1. to exercise (a muscle or muscles) too hard or without sufficient recovery time, often causing injuries or a decline in performance.

   Be careful not to overtrain individual muscle groups—rotating your workouts will help you avoid this.

2. to exercise or train (a person or animal) too much, too hard, or without sufficient recovery time.

   Keep the sessions short so that you don’t overtrain or overtire your dog.

Etymology

Origin of overtrain

First recorded in 1790–1800; over- ( def. ) + train ( def. )

Example Sentences

Button, the 1948 and 1952 Olympic champion, cautioned Hanyu not to overtrain.

From New York Times

He attributed that to overworking in between starts, trying to overcompensate and overtrain after his worst outing of the season.

From Washington Post

Mayweather Sr. said he doesn't want his son to overtrain, and boasted because of the unbeaten fighter's year-round discipline, "all Floyd needs is two good, full weeks" in training.

From Los Angeles Times

“Lissette has a whole calculation, because you can’t overtrain and you can’t undertrain,” Norton said.

From Seattle Times

You do have to remember you're training for a fight, and you can't overtrain just because you don't like the person.

From Newsweek