When 24 top middle-distance runners did a tough 3-week training plan, half got so worn down that their performance dropped, while the other half felt tired but still performed well — showing that people respond very differently to intense training.

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Muscle fiber typology is associated with the incidence of overreaching in response to overload training.

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2020 Oct 1

The study looked at runners doing intense training and found that half got overreached and performed worse, while the other half stayed strong, just like the claim says.

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Muscle fiber typology is associated with the incidence of overreaching in response to overload training.

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DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00314.2020

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