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Definition of Overtrained
1. overtrain [v] - See also: overtrain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtrained
Literary usage of Overtrained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1899)
"It is not common for a boy to become overtrained, or "stale, as it is called,
but it may sometimes happen that under the direction of a too enthusiastic ..."
2. Physical Education by Muscular Exercise by Luther Halsey Gulick (1904)
"The slight extra degree of skill that can be secured by excessive training will
never compensate for the loss that comes to the one who is overtrained. ..."
3. Health and Disease: Their Determining Factors by Roger Irving Lee (1917)
"The athlete's muscles and strength are the same after becoming overtrained as
before. What he has lost is the quick and perfect control over his muscles and ..."
4. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1904)
"The slight extra degree of skill that can be secured by excessive training will
never compensate for the loss that comes to the one who is overtrained. ..."
5. The Book of School and College Sports by Ralph Henry Barbour (1904)
"Even if the overtrained player escapes injury, he is still of doubtful value to
his team —in fact, the average coach will choose an undertrained player ..."
6. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1897)
"Many a game of foot-ball, many a boat-race, has been lost owing to the fact that
the team or crew was overtrained and not because their work was inferior; ..."
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