Overtraining in Sport

Richard B. Kreider, PhD, serves as associate professor and assistant department chair in the Department of Human Movement Sciences and Education at the University of Memphis. His primary research focus has been on optimizing human performance by studying nutritional considerations, physiology of ultraendurance exercise, and overtraining. Dr. Kreider has published more than 100 research articles in scientific journals. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the research digest editor for the International Journal of Sport Nutrition. Andrew C. Fry, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Movement Sciences and Education at the University of Memphis. Dr. Fry's primary research interests lie in resistance exercise, skeletal muscle adaptations to resistance exercise, and overtraining in resistance athletes. He has published more than 75 research articles and also has served as an editorial assistant for the Journal of Applied Sport Science Research from 1985 to 1988. Dr. Fry is the supervising editor for the Sport Science and Medical Committee series in Weightlifting USA, supervising editor for research summaries in Strength & Conditioning, and associate editor of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Mary O'Toole, PhD, serves as associate professor in the College of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, at the University of Tennessee-Memphis. Her main area of expertise is in the medical and physiological aspects of endurance and ultraendurance exercise; she has studied Ironman triathletes for more than 10 years. Dr. O'Toole has published numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed articles, and abstracts, and has lectured internationally on various aspects of endurance exercise. A Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, she has also organized and chaired ACSM symposia on ultraendurance exercise.

ContributorsPreface: Overtraining in Sport: Terms, Definitions, and PrevalenceRichard B. Kreider, PhD, Andrew C. Fry, PhD, Mary L. O'Toole, PhDAcknowledgmentsCreditsSection I: Physiology of Overtraining in Endurance AthletesChapter 1: Overreaching and Overtraining in Endurance AthletesMary L. O'Toole, PhDChapter 2: Physiological Responses to Short- and Long-term Overtraining in Endurance AthletesManfred Lehmann, MD, PhD, Carl Foster, PhD, Nikolaus Netzer, MD, PhD, Werner Lormes, PhD, Jurgen M. Steinacker, MD, PhD, Yufei Liu, MD, PhD, Alexandra Opitz-Gress, MD, and Uwe Gastmann, MD, PhDChapter 3: Monitoring and Prevention of Overreaching and Overtraining in Endurance AthletesDavid G. Rowbottom, PhD, David Keast, PhD, and Alan R. Morton, PhDSection II: Physiology of Overtraining in Strength/Power AthletesChapter 4: Factors Involved with Overtraining for Strength and PowerWilliam J. Kraemer, PhD and Bradley C. Nindl, MSChapter 5: Increased Training Volume in Strength/Power AthletesMichael H. Stone, PhD and Andrew C. Fry, PhDChapter 6: The Role of Training Intensity in Resistance Exercise Overtraining and OverreachingAndrew C. Fry, PhDSection III: Medical Aspects of Overreaching and OvertrainingChapter 7: Cardiovascular and Hematologic AlterationsPamela S. Douglas, MD, and Mary L. O'Toole, PhDChapter 8: Neuroendocrine Aspects of OvertrainingHans A. Keizer, MD, PhDChapter 9: Musculoskeletal and Orthopedic ConsiderationsW. Ben Kibler, MD and T. Jeff Chandler, EdDSection IV: Immunological Considerations of Overreaching and OvertrainingChapter 10: Effects of Athletic Endurance Training on Infection Rates and ImmunityDavid C. Nieman, DrPHChapter 11: Effects of Overreaching and Overtraining on Immune FunctionLaurel Traeger Mackinnon, PhDChapter 12: Potential Interventions to Prevent Immunosuppression During TrainingElena P. Gotovtseva, PhD, Ida D. Surkina, PhD, and Peter N. Uchakin, PhDSection V: Nutritional Considerations of Overreaching and Overtraining Chapter 13: Energy Intake, Diet, and Muscle WastingJacqueline R. Berning, PhD, RDChapter 14: Carbohydrate Metabolism During Endurance ExerciseW. Michael Sherman, PhD, Kevin A. Jacobs, MS, and Nicole Leenders, MSChapter 15: Central Fatigue Hypothesis and OvertrainingRichard B. Kreider, PhDSection VI: Psychological Considerations of Overreaching and OvertrainingChapter 16: A Systemic Model for Understanding Psychosocial Influences in OvertrainingAndrew W. Meyers, PhD and James P. Whelan, PhDSection VII: Summary, Conclusions, and Future DirectionsChapter 17: Future Research Needs and DirectionsMichael G. Flynn. PhDIndex