{"id":7531,"date":"2021-02-14T18:18:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T17:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/faster-stagnant-injured\/"},"modified":"2021-02-14T18:18:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T17:18:55","slug":"faster-stagnant-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/faster-stagnant-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Fas\u00adter \u2013 Sta\u00adg\u00adnant \u2013 Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From the first two parts we\u2019ve lear\u00adned that we must have a&nbsp;nega\u00adti\u00adve ener\u00adgy balan\u00adce to lose body mass. That the body taps into dif\u00adfe\u00adrent ener\u00adgy reser\u00adves when in the sta\u00adte of an ener\u00adgy defi\u00adcit and that if we main\u00adtain our power while losing weight, we will go fas\u00adter, hig\u00adher, far\u00adther. But what hap\u00adpens&nbsp;then?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sin\u00adce our body has a&nbsp;Plan B&nbsp;and C&nbsp;for pro\u00adlon\u00adged ener\u00adgy cri\u00adses, it can endu\u00adre a&nbsp;lot. Unfort\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly, I\u2019m almost wil\u00adling to say. Becau\u00adse this means that for a&nbsp;very long time we have the fee\u00adling that we are doing ever\u00ady\u00adthing right and can per\u00adform at a&nbsp;top level, wit\u00adhout rea\u00adli\u00adzing that we are alre\u00ada\u00addy shoo\u00adting in our own&nbsp;foot.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rela\u00adtiv Ener\u00adgy Def\u00adfi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy in Sport (RED\u2011S)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tech\u00adni\u00adcal term for this is RED\u2011S. A&nbsp;syn\u00addro\u00adme that descri\u00adbes what hap\u00adpens when the amount of total ener\u00adgy con\u00adsu\u00admed is suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent to com\u00adple\u00adte the dai\u00adly acti\u00advi\u00adties, but the body is left with too litt\u00adle ener\u00adgy to ful\u00adly cover the basal meta\u00adbo\u00adlic rate. The fol\u00adlo\u00adwing list of con\u00adse\u00adquen\u00adces pro\u00advi\u00addes an overview:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decre\u00adasing ener\u00adgy stores<\/li>\n<li>Lack of concentration<\/li>\n<li>Plum\u00adme\u00adting performance<\/li>\n<li>Increased sus\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to injury<\/li>\n<li>Depres\u00adsi\u00adon<\/li>\n<li>Hor\u00admo\u00adn\u00adal imbalances<\/li>\n<li>Mens\u00adtru\u00adal dis\u00ador\u00adders in&nbsp;women<\/li>\n<li>Decre\u00adasing bone density<\/li>\n<li>Rest\u00adric\u00adted growth \/\u200bdis\u00adtur\u00adbed development<\/li>\n<li>Dis\u00adtur\u00adban\u00adce of body func\u00adtions (gas\u00adtro\u00adin\u00adtesti\u00adnal tract, blood ves\u00adsels&nbsp;etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I was able to speak with Prof. Mar\u00adgo Mount\u00adjoy, IOC and FINA mem\u00adber and Duke of McMas\u00adter Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in Toron\u00adto about RED\u2011S. She has a&nbsp;lea\u00adding role in rese\u00adar\u00adching RED\u2011S and has published many exci\u00adting stu\u00addies on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>Mar\u00adgo works as a&nbsp;phy\u00adsi\u00adci\u00adan for various Cana\u00addi\u00adan sports fede\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons in dif\u00adfe\u00adrent weight-cri\u00adti\u00adcal sports (wrest\u00adling, gym\u00adnastics, tri\u00adath\u00adlon, track and field, syn\u00adchro\u00adni\u00adzed swim\u00adming) and sees an alar\u00adming num\u00adber of ath\u00adle\u00adtes every day who are alre\u00ada\u00addy show\u00ading serious signs of long-term ener\u00adgy defi\u00adci\u00adts By the time it gets to that point, the eating beha\u00advi\u00ador is also dis\u00ador\u00adde\u00adred or the\u00adre is even an eating disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Basi\u00adcal\u00adly, it does not mat\u00adter whe\u00adther we are tal\u00adking about pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal ath\u00adle\u00adtes or ambi\u00adtious recrea\u00adtio\u00adnal ath\u00adle\u00adtes: a&nbsp;per\u00adpe\u00adtu\u00adal ener\u00adgy defi\u00adcit is poi\u00adson for ever\u00adyo\u00adne. While initi\u00adal per\u00adfor\u00admance gains are noti\u00adceable and obvious, after a&nbsp;cer\u00adtain point, per\u00adfor\u00admance suf\u00adfers \u2013 whe\u00adther due to inju\u00adry, loss of strength, ill\u00adness, or becau\u00adse the sys\u00adtem sim\u00adply grinds to a&nbsp;halt. \u00abStar\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon is never the solu\u00adti\u00adon in the long run,\u00bb says Mar\u00adgo Mount\u00adjoy, and only by means of enough evi\u00addence that it\u2019s a&nbsp;short flight of fan\u00adcy with steep crash poten\u00adti\u00adal we can edu\u00adca\u00adte and per\u00adsua\u00adde to play the long-game.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eat more to lose weight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this con\u00adtext, it is gre\u00adat if you can give ath\u00adle\u00adtes an \u00abaha\u00bb moment, when they noti\u00adce pro\u00adgress by eating more. This can some\u00adti\u00admes break through pla\u00adteaus that last for months or even years, resol\u00adve aches and pains, redu\u00adce body fat, and so&nbsp;on.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In the 4th part the\u00adre is a&nbsp;big sum\u00adma\u00adry and the most important learnings<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the first two parts we\u2019ve lear\u00adned that we must have a&nbsp;nega\u00adti\u00adve ener\u00adgy balan\u00adce&nbsp;to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science-en"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7532,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7531\/revisions\/7532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}