{{Short description|Result from excessive strenuous exercise}}
'''Overtraining''' occurs when a person exceeds their body's ability to recover from strenuous [[exercise]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stretchcoach.com/articles/overtraining/|title=Overtraining - Learn how to identify Overtraining Syndrome|last=Walker|first=Brad|website=stretchcoach.com|date=17 March 2002|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> Overtraining can be described as a point where a person may have a decrease in performance and plateauing as a result of failure to consistently perform at a certain level or [https://sites.google.com/view/unlock-your-full-potential-/home training load]; a load which exceeds their recovery capacity.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|title = Overtraining: A Review of the Signs, Symptoms and Possible Causes|last = Stone|first = M|date = 1991|journal = Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research|doi = 10.1519/00124278-199102000-00006|volume=5|pages=35–50|doi-access = free}}</ref> People who are over trainedovertrained cease making progress, and can even begin to lose [[Physical strength|strength]] and [[physical fitness|fitness]]. Overtraining is also known as chronic fatigue, burnout and overstress in athletes.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Peluso M., Andrade L. | year = 2005 | title = Physical activity and mental health: the association between exercise and mood | journal = Clinics | volume = 60 | issue = 1| pages = 61–70 | doi = 10.1590/s1807-59322005000100012 | pmid = 15838583 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Carfagno D. |author2=Hendrix J. | year = 2014 | title = Overtraining Syndrome in the Athlete | journal = Current Sports Medicine Reports | volume = 13 | issue = 1| pages = 45–51 | doi = 10.1249/jsr.0000000000000027 |pmid=24412891 |s2cid=38361107 | doi-access = free }}</ref> It is suggested that there are different variations of overtraining, firstly monotonous program over training suggest that repetition of the same movement such as certain weight lifting and baseball batting can cause performance plateau due to an adaption of the central nervous system which results from a lack of stimulation.<ref name=":0" /> A second example of overtraining is described as chronic overwork type training where the subject may be training with too high intensity or high volume and not allowing sufficient recovery time for the body.<ref name=":0" /> Up to 10% of elite endurance athletes and 10% of American college swimmers are affected by [https://alicehopkins.com/products/5-spring-body-chest-expander-exercise-puller-muscle-stretcher-training-home-gym?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=4418838ad&pr_rec_pid=8550441713966&pr_ref_pid=8800985317678&pr_seq=uniform overtraining] syndrome (unexplained underperformance for approximately 2 weeks even after having adequate resting time).<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title = ABC of sports and exercise medicine|last1 = Whyte|first1 = Gregory|publisher = Blackwell Publishing|year = 2005|isbn = 978-0-7279-1813-0|pages = 46–49|last2 = Harries|first2 = Mark|last3 = Williams|first3 = Clyde}}</ref>
