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In this episode of DailyRollo, we discuss one of the biggest problems in modern cycling: overtraining. The obsession with training harder, longer, and more often has led us to believe that "more is always better"... but in physiology, things don't work that way.
Why can overtraining be so much worse than undertraining? How does excessive training load affect performance, fatigue, hormones, the nervous system, and recovery? Are we confusing discipline with destruction?
We talk about recovery, adaptation, accumulated fatigue, the culture of suffering, smart training, and how many cyclists end up plateauing because they don't know when to stop.
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00:00 The “More Is Better” Problem
01:12 The Cult of Suffering in Cycling
02:48 When Training More Worsens Performance
04:30 Physiology Doesn't Work the Way We Think
06:02 Accumulated Fatigue and Warning Signs
08:15 The Cyclist's Ego and the Fear of Resting
10:07 Recovery Is Also Training
10:48 How to Really Improve Performance
12:02 Final Thoughts