how much is training too hard?

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i got cut for wrestling team this year because there was endless sprints and pushups. im going to train really hard kuz i want to be ready next year but how much is too much? coach made us sprint 50ft, drop and do 10 pushups, sprint back, do 10 pushups. sprint there do 10 pushups, and back again with 10 more pushups. then we would do the same thing except with 11 pushups each stop. then we would do the same thing with 12 pushups every stop. we would continue the cycle until we reached 15 pushups every stop. if i push myself this hard, are there any benefits? does this provide any benefit at all? if i do that 5 days a week with a good diet, will it get easier?

i ask this because i would have to push myself EXTREMELY hard to do this and i dont know if it is okay to go that intense. should i stop once i feel very tired to rest and then continue when i have my breath?
 
Good training methods

In the off season you should lift 2-3 days a week, with 5-6 days of cardio, and stretch 7 days a week. Your weight lifting should include lifting for all of the major muscle groups (Chest, upper back, Biceps, Triceps, Forearms, lower back, abs, Quads, Hamstrings, and calfs). You should do one set to failure of around 15. This means the weight that you should use on each of these exercises should be enough were after the 15 rep you can not continue the exersice with good form. Once you are able to do this you should then up the wieght a little so you can only due 12 reps. Keep doing this until you peak. Once you hit your peak you can ask your coach about pre-exhaustion exercises, he should be able to tell you about this. You should gain a lot of strength and endurance from this lifting program. Running of 30 minutes a day will help with endurance as well as the cardio build up for the sport. Remeber this program is tough but it will work, wrestling is tought to so try and stick with it.
 
Uhhh...no.

PB, does it matter if it's too hard? If being on the team is really what you want, then you need to do the exercises with no doubt in your mind. With doubt, you hold yourself back...

Anyway, how far are the sprints? 40 yards? That'd be quite a bit, but I'm thinking he's having you guys sprint 15, maybe 20 yards. That's not much.

Remember, the body is capable of much, much more. While overtraining is a possibility, it's usually based on your past experience, but I would say in this particular case that you are probably holding yourself back more than you think.

My solution: When you perform these activities, don't think. Just do. If he tells you to do it, do it. When he says faster, you go faster. Leave your hang-ups at the door.
 
If thats the worst you do at your wrestling, then I want to go there :p

I've been thinking the same thing everyday I wrestle, we do it 6 days a week but we do much worse things than that, but we do sprints and a ton of pushups. I still think I'm overtraining, but theres something in me that keeps making me push myself. Like Lei said, throw all your knowledge out the window about this and that, and just do the drills you're told. I don't know about your wrestling leaders, but my coach has been wrestling since '76 and he's ripped, and the 2 captains are massive and do everything we do except better and more efficiently.

Push yourself. Wrestling is the hardest sport you can do in HS. You knew it wasn't going to be easy when you signed up, you knew you'd have to push yourself to the limit and beyond.
 
...i was just wondering what i could do to make myself ready this year. i know i have to push myself and i do whatever the coach tells me. but can anyone just tell me a good way to prepare myself for whatever the coach can throw at me? i have a lot of time to prepare for it so im ready to start now.

since wel be sprinting and doing pushups 5 days a week, can i sprint and do pushups 5 days a week? is this going to help me or not? because if im overtraining and working this hard for nothing and getting weaker its pointless.
 
Actually, your first post was asking "How much training is too hard?"

But since you're asking this new question, yes. Doing the same sprint/push-up routine is going to make you better at doing that same sprint/push-up routine.
 
Getting ready

Here are some basic guidlines.

If you want to run better you have to run. You can do this every day. Sprint one day. Go longer distances the next.

You can do bodyweight exercise quite often. Rember that if you are doing a lot of pushups you have to do equal the ammount of work for your back. More back training will keep you more stable and keep you shoulders healthy. So pull-ups, rows, bodyweight rows. These will help your ability to do pushups as well.

Next. You are young. Young people recover at an alarming pace. It is ok to get sore and train whe you are sore. Over time your ability to do work will increase.

LeiYunFat is correct. Get the work done. Don't think too much. Read, learn, and study as much as possible. You will never find the best or right routine. As long as you are training, educating yourself, and trying new things to get better you will get better. :D.

I'm still lovin' the Smiles. ;)
 
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