Overtraining in athletes. (Independent views)
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Overtraining, or staleness, is a state when standard training regimes become extremely difficult and previous performance results are no longer possible. The American Medical Association defines staleness (slump) as a psychological or physiological state of overtraining which manifests itself as deteriorated athletic readiness. Various experts in the field define overtraining as; a special neurotic state, a commonest and least understood illness, stress syndrome, chronic fatigue, etc.
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