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High school athletes sustain approximately 715,000 injuries annually. In American football, for instance, five times as many catastrophic injuries happen in high school as in college-level competition. [39] Injuries include heat illness and dehydration, concussions, and trauma-related deaths. Heat illnesses are a rising concern in youth athletics.
Thus, if avoiding overtraining means preventing exhaustion, passive recovery or "static rest" is safest. If active recovery is performed during intense exercise, an athlete may find themselves in a state of being overtrained. [25] The gradual variation of intensity and volume of training is also an effective way to prevent overtraining.
The roots of periodization come from Hans Selye's model, known as the General adaptation syndrome (GAS). The GAS describes three basic stages of response to stress: (a) the Alarm stage, involving the initial shock of the stimulus on the system, (b) the Resistance stage, involving the adaptation to the stimulus by the system, and (c) the Exhaustion stage, in that repairs are inadequate, and a ...
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ShutterstockA solid strength training regimen is essential to build a stronger, healthier body. However, it's also important to make sure you're doing the right things correctly. Eat This, Not ...
70% of kids drop out of sports before 13 years old, a third experience overtraining and nearly 10% of athletes are burnt out. AAP Report: 7 in 10 kids quit sports before high school due to burnout ...
An excess of training stimuli can lead to the problem of overtraining. [11] Overtraining is the decline in training performance over the course of a training program, often accompanied by an increased risk of illness or injury or a decreased desire to exercise. To help avoid this problem, the technique of periodization is applied.
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