General and Specific Overtraining
Do you think it's possible to be overtrained in general, but specifically burnt out on one movement?
I refer of course to my current squatting troubles. I've been squatting to distraction for the past two years. I had good results, but the relentless volume (always 30-50 reps between 70 and 90% each session) and intensity has finally should my squat into the ground. I can't jump or run much at all either right now.
I'm taking a big rest from squats for the next few weeks (those of you who've been following along understand the magnitude of this for me). I would like to focus on Other Things for a while, but I'm not sure when to do that.
Overtraining is systematic so even my upper body would be affected, no? Right now, however, I feel like I could still make progress on my bench press and chin up. I even feel in shape to deadlift. My progress on bench has been severely lagging that of the squat simply because I've only given the bench press token attention until lately. The deadlift has been dragged up by the squat, but I feel I could get it up even more right now because I've recently watched it leap ahead while my squat has stagnated. I was thinking that when I did start squatting again in a few week, I would of hold the intensity down to under 70% (meaning I wouldn't even use a belt) for a while for limited volume.
Thanks for reading and for your suggestions.