Training is Water

I was chatting today about training, and specifically overtraining when a colleague mentioned two separate analogies for overtraining.

1- you are a glass and as you add water the glass fills once it reaches a certain point water starts to spill.

2- you are a balloon around a faucet and expand as you fill with water, once it reaches a certain point, pop.

Now the second analogy is much more accurate to what occurs with overtraining, when it gets to be to much its not a spill, its a pop that occurs. Tissue is damaged and cannot recover, systems of the body do not function properly, constant fatigue, and injuries occur.

Every balloon is different and can be filled to a different size, and remember a workout doesn't have to make you want to puke to be effective, but it is a good way to fool someone into thinking you know what your doing.