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Iñigo Mujika

Physiology & Training

A few days after writing my previous post entitled “Detraining (or what happens when we stop training)”, my good friend Brenda Barrett e-mailed me and asked me the question that has become the title of this new post: what happens when you don’t start training?

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According to the principle of training reversibility, regular physical training induces various physiological adaptations that improve sports performance, whereas cessation or a major reduction in training brings about a partial or complete loss of these adaptations, thus compromising sports performance. In other words, the principle of reversibility is the principle of detraining. The training process and competition plans of athletes are often disrupted by illness, injury, rest periods or other factors that may induce a reduction or stoppage of usual levels of physical activity.  It is therefore important to identify the effects and understand the mechanisms responsible for the changes that occur in an athlete's physiological capacities and sports performance.

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