Explain overload in training and draw a flow chart of symptoms of overload?

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> Overload is an excessive or badly-managed load that disturbs normal training progress, and its symptoms appear in a fixed three-stage order: Psychological, then Performance, then Somatic-Functional.

**Explaining overload:** The normal development of a sportsperson's training state is disturbed 'when the physical and psychic daily load of life exceeds the loading capacity of the individual.' Sustained overload is considered a disturbance of regular nervous activity, which in turn disturbs optimum energy and metabolic processing — so overload is not simply 'too much exercise,' but a load that is excessive or not well managed, producing anatomical, physiological and psychosocial effects that show up as altered performance, injury, and illness.

**Flow chart of symptoms (the textbook states they appear in this same order):**

```
Psychological symptoms
  (increased excitability -> quarrelsome -> less contact with coach ->
   increased sensitivity to criticism -> depression -> indifference ->
   loss of confidence -> loss of motivation)
        |
        v
Performance symptoms
  (increased technique errors -> decreased concentration ->
   decreased differentiation ability -> decrease in strength/speed/endurance -> …

Variable	What it means	Example
Frequency	How often you train	Going from 2 runs per week to 3
Intensity	How hard you train	Lifting 10 kg → lifting 12 kg
Time (Duration)	How long each session lasts	Running 20 min → running 25 min

Q.Explain overload in training and draw a flow chart of symptoms of overload?

Concept understanding — Principle of Overload

The Intuition: Why "More" Makes You Stronger

The Precise Statement

The Three Levers of Overload

The FITT Principle (A Practical Tool)

Q.Explain overload in training and draw a flow chart of symptoms of overload?

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