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I wish fitness trainers would keep the disabled community in mind when creating workouts because it’s already really hard but it would be much easier if every workout had and alternatives for when moves just weren’t possible

Keywords: disability , fitness , ablelism , accessibility , accessibility awareness , disability awareness , disabled blogger , fitness goals , fitness journey , physical challenges , physical disability , spina bifida

Fitness is so much harder when you are disabled because almost everything is designed for abled people and the disability community is often left hanging. I get a majority of your audience will probably be abled people and I don’t blame fitness trainers for not having extensive not on disability but I do blame them for not even trying to make their workout accessible. Some people will take the initiative and look for something that is accessible but other people will not and will just accept the fact that it does not exist which is sad because it shouldn’t take three days to find a twenty minute workout. There are some seated workouts that I have found but in my experience, most of them are not accessible because pretty much all of them require you to move your leg the whole time or do some type of heel movement which some people can do but a lot of people can’t so even though it says it’s accessible that doesn’t mean it is. Accessible workouts do exist but there aren’t near as many accessible ones as inaccessible and as frustrating as it is sometimes it’s just better to do those and modify than to look for something accessible because it will be like finding a needle in a haystack.

https://myrockindisabledlife.com/2021/01/16/how-you-can-make-fitness

Overtraining Syndrome (OTS)

Overtraining syndrome is a complex group of symptoms that is characterized by an athlete who has been training hard & suddenly experiences poor performance or burn out.  OTS can lead to musculoskeletal injuries due to overuse.  For example; muscle strains, sprains, tendinopathy, synovitis, bursitis, bruises & joint dysfunctions.  High frequency and/or high intensity exercises performed for a long period of time produces excessive bouts of stress on the body.   Overtraining is your body’s way of saying it is exhausted.  It cannot cope with the psychological stress because your body has beens stressed for too long of a period.  This syndrome can last for 6 months if you turn a blind eye to its symptoms.  

Signs & Symptoms of Overtraining:

- Decreased Performance  - Fatigue
- Loss of motivation     - Feeling of depression/moodiness
- Insomnia               - Change in appetite
- Nauseous               - Decrease in body weight
- Loss of Strength       - Muscle Tenderness
& coordination           - Elevated Resting Heart Rate &/or- Headaches                BP
- Upper Respiratory      - Overuse injuries
Infections

Treatment:

The best way to treat this is to properly plan out your fitness routine out.  Using cyclical & periodization training is ideal.  These training plans mean alternating heard, easy & moderate periods of training.  For us lifters, this means scheduling a deload/unload/detraining week into your training program if it doesn’t already have one.  (I will talk about deload/unload/detraining in another “Fit Tip” post).  Make sure you are getting enough sleep!  The average adult need 7 hours a sleep a night.  Good nutrition!  Make sure you are eating enough during the day.  Don’t forget to hydrate! And of course listen to your body.  Make sure you have at least one rest day a week!

https://cariannehunterfitness.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/overtraining-syndrome/