How I Beat Overtraining

”There is no such thing as over training… only under recovery!” 💪 Great video Rokas san 🥋

I'm glad one of my trainers taught me that the body grows muscles during recovery and not during training. You can train as much as you want, but only when you rest and recuperate do you gain muscle.

Im “retired” from doing martial arts training because I was seriously injured (not from martial arts sadly haha). Long story short had to learn to walk again. Now I am about 60-70% back, and while rehabing I realized how much I over trained for years in kickboxing, bjj etc. Over training increases likelihood of injury but also hinders recovery, and creates small injuries that accumulate over time train smart. Unless you are in the UFC or something, there is no sense of taking risks to your body

Thanks for this video! That's the reason, why integrating "soft styles" like qigong/tai chi is so important. It's still martial arts training and brings a lot of benefits for speed, strength, softness and energy. Yin and yang, right? Blessings to all the martial artists out there 🙌

Mad respect that you pushed yourself to your limits like that. Most people straight up don't have the dedication or the balls.

World class athletes are special, most can train as hard as humanly possible and then walk away and be present with an unrelated activity. I think that’s because it comes a little more naturally to them. I often overcompensate with effort for my lack of natural ability and the result is a broken down body haha. Thanks for the reminder to avoid overtraining!

this channel really rocks! good narrative and visuals! kudos to Rokas and his team.

Been taught a lot by watching your videos! Thanks for sharing your experience. Best wishes, from Argentina

This is very insightful!

Great work man. Keep it up! 👊🏻

Great video. I have been thinking about this as someone who hasn't done martial arts since highschool.

So true! Thank you for talking about this.

Excellent video rokas, aye its tough training 5 to 6 times per week especially for camps. 2 to 3 times per week is plenty as your body will need to recover. A good quote my jujutsu instructor said to me once is listen to your body it's a well oiled machine if it's looked after. It will perform to what you want to achieve

You attract the energy that you give off. Spread good vibes. Think positively. Enjoy 🌞🙌🙏

I lived the same thing. As soon as I got back to combat sports I trained like crazy, broke myself physically and mentaly and then i understood progressive overload doesn't work only for weight lifting. I added different new sessions incrementally, once I was used to my new schedule, then I burned out again, now i can train almost everyday, but now I know the sings that tell me I should train a bit lighter or even take a day off. I believe to know your limits you've got to experience them.

Great advice

I have been training in martial arts for about 20 years. Consistency is key. I have no aspirations to be a world champion or fight professionally ( I have a day job). I train for the love of martial arts, and I realized that I have time on my side. I want to train and learn martial arts for the rest of my life. That means that I have to be healthy in order to be able to continue training. That means that I need to avoid injuries and fatigue. Therefore, I am consistent in attending my classes, but never over train.

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I also go to 13 Aikido classes a weak, but actually It's super easy, barely an inconvenience

I found out around a year ago that I had to settle for three / four days a week ( variable depending on how hard the sessions are ) or else I would just fry myself out. Normally goes something like - Muay Thai, rest day, BJJ, rest day, MMA rules sparing then weekend chill. It took a while to listen to my body and not just push through it but it's well worth taking them rest days. You will preform better and retain far more information from the sessions.