A.1: Training Flashcards

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Health-related Components of Fitness? (5)

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  • Body composition
  • Cardio-respiratory fitness
  • Flexibility
  • Muscular Endurance
  • Muscle Strength
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Performance - related components of fitness (6)

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  • Reaction time
  • Power
  • Speed
  • Agility
  • Coordination
  • Balance
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Training

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Regular, structured exercise with a specific goal

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Overtraining (important!!)

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Doing more than the body or mind can handle → negative, individual-specific symptoms.

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Over-reaching (important!!)

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  • Short-term excessive training causing brief drops in performance and health.
  • Transient overtraining
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Indications of overtraining (important!!)

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  • changes to resting heart rate
  • chronic muscle soreness
  • reduced immune function
  • frequent upper-respiratory tract infections (cough and colds)
  • sleep disturbance
  • fatigue (caused by sleeping issues)
  • decreased appetite
  • sudden and unexplained decrease in performance
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What is Overtraining Syndrome?

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  • when an athlete trains too much for too long without enough rest
  • only cure is extended rest and a break from training and competition
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In-depth indicators of overtraining OTS. (A.1.1) (Important !!)

  • Changes to resting heart rate
  • Chronic muscle soreness
  • Reduced Immune function
A
  • Changes to resting heart rate - increase in resting heart rate
  • Chronic muscle soreness - Excessive DOMS from too many cytokines → overly inflamed muscle → chronic
  • Reduced immune function - increased risk of upper respiratory tract infections
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Methods of training

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  • Fartlek / speed play
  • Circuit
  • Cross training
  • Flexibility
  • Interval
  • Continouous
  • Plyometrics
  • Strength and resistance
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Periodisation

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A structured training plan aimed at peak performance for key events while avoiding overtraining and injury.

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Preperation

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Use optimal physical, psychological, and tactical training to prepare for competition.

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Competition

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Goal: Perform at peak while maintaining fitness and improving skills.

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13
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Transition

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athlete recover from competition and get ready for next preparation phase.

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14
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Microcycle

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  • Weekly training program
  • Includes all training and recovery sessions
  • Meet overall goal of the phase
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Mesocycle

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  • Specific block of training designed to achieve specific goal
  • Made up of microcycle
  • Length of mesocycle depend on goal
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Macrocycle

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Year long program that aims to meet overall goal

17
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Sub phases of training

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  • Microcycle
  • Mesocycle
  • Macrocycle
18
Q

NOV 2024 P3 HL

Explain how the three phases of periodization could be organised to optimise muscle strength and avoid overtraining in strength traning. [4]

19
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N2018/P3

Discuss how training should be organised in the preparation phase of a sprinter traning for the 2019 World Championships [4]