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Monitoring Overload and Regeneration in Cyclists

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Overload, Performance Incompetence, and Regeneration in Sport

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Training of high-performance athletes is always like a “ride on a razor blade”. A balance of necessary phases of overload and recovery will, in general and if all other conditions are all right, e. g. day form, environmental conditions, etc., lead to good competition results. A training/competition ≫ recovery imbalance, however, will result in performance incompetence and overtraining syndrome.

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  1. Medizinische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik Abt. Sport- und Leistungsmedizin, Steinhövelstr. 9, D-89075, Ulm, Germany

    Uwe A. L. Gastmann & Manfred J. Lehmann

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  1. Medical University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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  2. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin

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  3. Medical University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    Uwe Gastmann

  4. University of Limburg Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Hans Keizer

  5. Medical University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    Jürgen M. Steinacker

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Gastmann, U.A.L., Lehmann, M.J. (1999). Monitoring Overload and Regeneration in Cyclists. In: Lehmann, M., Foster, C., Gastmann, U., Keizer, H., Steinacker, J.M. (eds) Overload, Performance Incompetence, and Regeneration in Sport. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-34048-7_10

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