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The TRUTH About Over-training

April 14, 2026 / 00:46

This episode features Dr. Dan Plouffe discussing training, fatigue, and the misconceptions surrounding overtraining. He mentions working with athletes like Eric Murray and Dame Lisa Carrington.

Dr. Plouffe shares insights on how the term 'overtraining' is often misused, suggesting that fatigue is usually linked to factors like life stress, sleep, and nutrition rather than the training itself.

He references Eric Murray's comments about his training sessions, emphasizing the importance of context in athletic performance.

The conversation highlights the need to consider external factors affecting athletes, rather than solely focusing on their training regimens.

TL;DR

Dr. Dan Plouffe discusses training misconceptions and factors affecting athlete fatigue.

Episode

0:46
00:00:00
You've worked with something like dirty,
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world champions, Olympians, gold
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medalists, including yeah, Eric Murray
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and Dame Lisa Carrington.
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>> Mhm. Yeah. Eric Murray, when I asked him
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about you, he said Dr. Dan Plouffe
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created some hellish sessions just to
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try and break me.
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>> Yeah, I never did that.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Not quite. I tried my best. But that
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term overtraining [music] is used so
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flippantly and I really don't like it.
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It's a terrible term because [music]
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it's very suggestive that overtraining
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is a reason why someone's fatigued. And
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I can tell you
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nine times out of 10 it's never the
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training. It's always something else.
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It's [music] life stress, not enough
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sleep, poor nutrition. Cuz if that same
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person did the same training again with
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different things around them or
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different loads around them, they
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wouldn't have the same outcome. I think
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that's where the outside [music] stuff
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becomes super important.

Episode Highlights

  • The Misconception of Overtraining
    Dr. Dan Plouffe explains why overtraining is often misunderstood and misused as an explanation for fatigue.
    “Overtraining is a terrible term; it suggests fatigue is always about training.”
    @ 00m 18s
    April 14, 2026
  • Real Causes of Fatigue
    Dr. Plouffe reveals that life stress, sleep, and nutrition are often the real culprits behind fatigue, not training.
    “Nine times out of ten, it's never the training; it's always something else.”
    @ 00m 30s
    April 14, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • Overtraining is a terrible term; it suggests fatigue is always about training.
    The TRUTH About Over-training
  • Nine times out of ten, it's never the training; it's always something else.
    The TRUTH About Over-training

Key Moments

  • Overtraining Misconception00:18
  • Real Fatigue Causes00:30

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