Overtraining in weights

Grr, just had to get this off my chest to see if any others also have it?

About 2 years ago I overdid my weights (Being a total newbie to the sport of weightlifting I caused myself pain in my joints by doing bicep curls for 20 minutes a day. Only took 2 days to cause the pain to kick in).

To this day I still weightlift though I'm pretty much an expert in the subject now and got a whole routine and diet going. But I still get pain in my elbows (and now my shoulders are starting to ache), I feel this really effects my gains.

Now for the second part, my knees. One day my mate suggested bike riding to the woods, a place for bike jumps. The ride itself took about an hour and was up and down steep hills. I naturally felt cocky about showing off my stamina and muscles so tried to keep ahead of them all the way, which I did. Needless to say I still got really tired.

So when we got there we bike jumped for a few hours then got my mates mum to give us a lift home. The next morning I got on my bike to ride to school and it was fine, no pains. Yet after school I began riding, as soon as I did I felt really bad pain in my knees. So for the previous 2 years my elbows and knees have been on and off in pain. Both caused my over doing some form of training.

I still bike ride to school and still weightlift. When I got the pains in my joints I stopped bike riding and weightlifting and the pain got worse! Believe it or not but it's better from riding and weightlifting. Surely if it was an injury this wouldn't be the case? Plus somedays it doesn't hurt atall when I bike ride yet other days it can hurt... not nearly as bad as it hurt when I first got it. The doctor had me get an x-ray which showed no problems in my bones (no **** doctor) and he tells me it isn't an inflammation (tendonitis) but probably just growing pains in my joints. If that is true then how can he explain weightlifting bringing on growing pains?

So my question, (if you've read this far into my post then I congratulate you lol) has/is anyone been/in the same situation I'm in? Or can anyone verify that what the doctor told me could be a possibility? He's a good doctor, dealt with my problems really well in the past.

Cheers,

Reply 1

Maya

1

An X-ray? When my dad had a bad knee he had an MRI scan on it. You could ask to have one done but you will have a long wait on the NHS.

Reply 2

Sithius

OP

16

I'm going to a sports injury clinic and to be honest I doubt my doctor will put me up for a scan.

Reply 3

rock_eleven

1

have you considered cod liver oil, and glucosamine? They both have great reviews for helping with joint problems

Reply 4

GR29KHS

2

You say you're still at school - people under a certain age shouldn't weight train as it can do them damage. If you're under 16 then maybe you should wait a little while before you train again?

Reply 5

Sithius

OP

16

rock_eleven

have you considered cod liver oil, and glucosamine? They both have great reviews for helping with joint problems

I take both those.

I'm 17, was like 15 when messed up joins.

When done correctly weights dont cause damage in youths... rumour.

Reply 6

Bis

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GemmaLS

You say you're still at school - people under a certain age shouldn't weight train as it can do them damage. If you're under 16 then maybe you should wait a little while before you train again?

that is a myth. i started weight training at 13ish.

Reply 7

Bailey

oh dear.... Sports injuries clinic is the best step forward. It does cost but they are specialists and may be of some help. My advice is to lay off hard training for the time being, alllow everything to relax, this may take a bit of tension off of your joints. You should keep active but dont push yourself until you have ruled out anything serious. All three could be related or they could be seperate injuries. The knees particularly are very prone to injury as they are pretty unstable things. Its hard to give any advice online but you must get checked out.
Hope you feel better soon.

Reply 8

Sithius

OP

16

Bailey

oh dear.... Sports injuries clinic is the best step forward. It does cost but they are specialists and may be of some help. My advice is to lay off hard training for the time being, alllow everything to relax, this may take a bit of tension off of your joints. You should keep active but dont push yourself until you have ruled out anything serious. All three could be related or they could be seperate injuries. The knees particularly are very prone to injury as they are pretty unstable things. Its hard to give any advice online but you must get checked out.
Hope you feel better soon.

Thanks.

As said earlier, I've been checked by doctor but he isn't really specially qualified in this area so I'm hoping the Sports Injury Clinic will help. I'm just interested to find out whether it is an actual injury or not.

Reply 9

preparationH

I think I may have been suffering from overtraining, I have been training for a couple of months, however I have noticed a big dip in form over my last few sessions (I have been tiring out a lot quicker and been able to lift less) and my muscles feel a little stiff and achey, does this sound like overtraining to you?

Reply 10

rock_eleven

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preparationH

I think I may have been suffering from overtraining, I have been training for a couple of months, however I have noticed a big dip in form over my last few sessions (I have been tiring out a lot quicker and been able to lift less) and my muscles feel a little stiff and achey, does this sound like overtraining to you?

if this is happening every workout lately, take a week off or something, do some other exercise you dont normally do, like swimming or cycling etc. Chill, and try again next week. Start with weights lower than your former level though, and work back up and past it

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