be trained

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In her post, which included a letter to her head coaches at the gym Texas Dreams, Kim added, “You can’t deny that we were overtrained to the point of exhaustion.”

From New York Times • May 4, 2021

Before his rookie training camp, Beckham overtrained, wanting to validate his 12th overall selection in 2014 and to prove he should have been picked higher.

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2019

“Behavioural neuroscientists like myself are increasingly realizing how important it is to move away from overtrained lab-animal brains,” she says.

From Nature • Jul. 10, 2018

Kovalev said he overtrained for his initial encounter with Ward, resulting in him being unable to further push the advantage he gained by scoring a second-round knockdown.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2017

Now, there's almost more danger in having your men overtrained than in having them undertrained.

From The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)