A Psychology First Education Manual

This is not a training program.
It’s an explanation.

When More Training Is the Problem is a psychology first education manual for people who are consistent, disciplined, and still not progressing, despite doing everything they believe they should.

If you have ever trained harder when results slowed, only to feel worse over time, this manual explains why.

Not with blame.
Not with restraint.
But with clarity.

What This Manual Is For

This manual exists to explain why adding more training can block adaptation.

Inside, you’ll learn:

why the body adapts during recovery not effort

why excess volume hides as dedication

why plateaus often signal overload not laziness

how fatigue masks progress signals

why pulling back feels risky but is often necessary

how less work can unlock stalled performance

The goal is not to stop training.
It is to remove the belief that more is always better.

What This Manual Is NOT

Not a minimalist training guide
Not a rest prescription
Not a program redesign
Not a replacement for coaching

It does not tell you to train less.

It explains why more training sometimes becomes the barrier.

How This Fits Inside MHR

When More Training Is the Problem sits inside the MHR Performance Literacy / Education System as a recalibration layer.

Many people use this manual:

after long plateaus

after burnout cycles

when effort keeps increasing without return

when rest feels undeserved

It helps you adjust training without fear of regression.

Why This Matters Before Training

Most people are not undertraining.

They are overreaching quietly.

Progress stalls when:

fatigue outpaces recovery

effort replaces strategy

rest is treated as failure

This manual exists to restore balance so adaptation can resume.

Not so training feels lighter,
but so it actually works again.

What You Get

A full length education manual (PDF)

Psychology first explanations

Zero prescriptive rules

Clear reframing of volume and progress

Permission to adjust without guilt

No shortcuts.
No hacks.
Just understanding.

If doing more has stopped working, this explains why.

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