3.3 The principles of training and their application to personal exercise/training programmes Flashcards
Define individual needs
Matching training to the requirements of an individual
Define specificity
Matching training to the requirements of a sports
Define progressive overload
Gradually increasing training so that fitness improves but without the risk of injury
Define FITT
Frequency
Intensity
Time
Type
Define overtraining
Training to hard and/or too often meaning your body can’t recover
Define reversibility
Gradually losing fitness instead of progressing or remaining the same
What is meant by thresholds of training
Are threshold or zone that your heart rate should be in when you are exercising to improve fitness
What is a person’s aerobic threshold?
60% - 80% of their maximum heart rate
What is a person’s anaerobic threshold?
80% - 90% of their maximum heart rate
How do you calculate maximum heart rate?
maximum heart rate = 220-age
How can you identify the components of fitness a person needs to improve?
By conducting fitness tests and analysing the results using normative data
What is normative data
Data that allows you to rate a persons’ fitness test results
What should be carried out before a person starts any sort of training?
a PAR-Q
What does PAR-Q stand for?
Personal activity readiness questionnaire
What factors should be considered before planning a training programme or PEP?
- Requirements of the sport - specificity
- Facilities available
- Current fitness levels - individual needs
Define circuit training
A number of different exercises which are arranged to avoid exercising the same muscle group consecutively
Give three advantages of circuit training
Can improve all components of fitness as long as the correct exercises selected
Can improve a number of different components of fitness in one session
Can improve aerobic and anaerobic fitness
Can improve skills for a specific sport
Give three disadvantages of circuit training
Circuit needs to be well planned so that there aren’t people waiting to exercise at the same station if a group session
It is important to work hard at each circuit but you need to the have ability to pace yourself
Participants are in charge of how hard the are working
What is continuous training?
Exercising for a long period of time at a steady pace
What component of fitness does continuous training improve?
Cardiovascular fitness