detraining

Exiting the locomotive

Detraining is the process of getting off a train, the opposite of boarding or entraining.

In fitness and sports medicine, detraining refers to the loss of physical conditioning that occurs when someone stops exercising or significantly reduces their training regimen.

After six weeks of detraining, she noticed her endurance had dropped considerably.

Athletes worry about detraining during injury recovery or off-seasons.

physiological

deconditioning

Loss of conditioned response

behavioral

inactivity

Lack of movement

break

reversal

reconditioning

Restoring to good condition

readaptation

recovery

taper

Narrow gradually toward point

supercompensation

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boarding/alighting action

detrainingboarding

Entering a vehicle

entraining · embarking · getting on · entrain · mounting

fitness/athletic conditioning

detrainingtraining

Developing abilities through practice

conditioning · retraining · exercising · working out · muscle building

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train, training, trainer, untrained, trainers, retrain, retraining, retrained, retrains

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