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GCSE Physical Education · key term
Excessive exercise without adequate rest and recovery, leading to fatigue, reduced performance and increased injury risk.
Used by AQA
Paper 1
Revise: Injury prevention considerationsOvertraining occurs when exercise demands are excessive and there is not enough rest and recovery. It can cause fatigue, reduce performance and increase injury risk. More training is therefore not always better training.
Distinguish progressive overload from overtraining: gradual increases with adequate recovery can improve fitness; excessive training without recovery increases injury risk.
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