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Thomas McCann
Thomas McCann Asked 15 years ago

How can you tell if you are overtraining. Recently i have started running twice a week and doing an all body workout twice a week on top of my table tennis. Am i overdoing it?

Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 15 years ago

Hi Thomas,

You need to monitor yourself each day.

Things that will indicate that you are overtraining are, you are not able to sleep properly even though you are tired. You may also start to get a lot of niggling injuries. You may find that you are not enjoying your training and see it as a chore.

Often if you think that you are overtraining, then you are.

If your body feels good and you are fresh and enjoying the training then keep it up. 

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Ilia Minkin

Ilia Minkin Posted 11 years ago

I think that from this perspective the most tough TT exercices are footwork ones. They are (often) anaerobic and require one to do its best. How many footwork drills a week one may do without harming himself?


Alois Rosario

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

Hi Ilia,

This will depend on the strength of the player.

To start with you may only do one per session.  The top players would do 3 or 4 footwork drills per session.

It is important to keep monitoring yourself.


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