06e. Training principles Flashcards
Describe frequency
The number of sessions per week eg 5
Describe intensity
How hard the session will be eg 80% Heart rate maximum
Describe duration
How long the session or the training program will be? Eg 45 minutes or 6 weeks.
Describe specificity
Ensuring the session replicates the requirements of the sport
Describe progression/overload
Making training sessions harder in order to stress the body into making changes. Eg by increasing the reps from 10 to 11.
Describe the training principle of individuality
Everyone will respond differently to training stimulus hence programs have to made specific to them.
Describe diminshing returns
Gains in fitness are more rapid earlier in a program, and later gains are more difficult to achieve.
Describe the training principle of variety
Training at different venues or doing different activities in order to keep the participants motivated.
Describe the training principle of maintenance
When athletes fitness levels stay the same.
Describe overtraining
When there is a long-term decline in performance and physical functioning as the body is getting too physiologically or psychologically stressed.
Describe detraining
When your fitness levels decrease
What training principle is the number of sessions per week?
Frequency
What training principle is how hard the session will be?
Intensity
What training principle is how long the session or the training program will be?
Duration
What training principle is ensuring the session replicates the requirements of the sport?
Specificity
