The Claim
In male resistance-trained individuals, urinary isoprostanes and the glutathione redox ratio (GSH/GSSG) are strongly correlated with both performance decline and increased training volume, suggesting these oxidative stress biomarkers may serve as useful indicators of overtraining severity.
What the research says
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In guys who lift weights a lot, certain chemicals in their urine that show stress on the body are closely linked to both worse performance and more training — meaning they might help tell when someone’s overdoing it.
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Urinary isoprostanes and the GSH/GSSG ratio are strongly correlated (r = 0.764 to 0.911) with both performance decline and increased training volume in male resistance-trained individuals, suggesting these oxidative stress biomarkers may be useful indicators of overtraining severity.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Oxidative stress biomarkers responses to physical overtraining: implications for diagnosis.
The study looked at how intense training affects certain chemicals in the body linked to stress, and found they strongly matched drops in performance, just like the claim says.
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