When enthusiasm to swim distance training is high and training work volume and/or intensity is increased, excessive fatigue often results usually after only a few weeks. That excessive fatigue interferes with the ability to adapt further. In this situation actions need to be taken which will allow the whole body to regenerate itself to a state where further adaptation to the exercise stress induced by swimming can occur. - Symptoms of deterioration caused by excessive exercise stress, - The theory behind recovery, - Recovery-activity Structure - Passive-recovery Activities, - Active-recovery Pursuits , - Nutrition, sleep, etc. This issue of the Carlile Coaches' Forum relates procedures that can be followed to produce the fastest and most beneficial recovery from short-term excessive training stress, a state commonly referred to as "over-reaching." It can be considered as the first sign of the onset of overtraining and thus, should be alleviated immediately.
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