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The Difference Between Overreaching and Overtraining
Overreaching is a period of time during a training block with the accumulation of volume and fatigue that causes an athlete's performance to temporarily decrease. It is easily rectified by a short tapering or rest of volume by one to two weeks during which time performance should go back to normal. Most athletes that actually get overtrained are endurance athletes or those who do competitions like Ironman because they do such an enormous amount of volume being work. Work is force times distance.