Ch 21: Periodization Part 1 Flashcards
What is the ability of strength and conditioning programs to stimulate the physiological adaptations necessary to enhance performance largely related to?
Modulating training stressors to enhance adaptive responses while reducing the potential for performance plateaus or overtraining
What becomes more difficult as athletes become more trained or have a greater training age?
To stimulate performance gains
In order to facilitate long-term training & performance gains what is often required in training programs of more advanced athletes?
Increased variation
What elements need to be variable in a training program?
training volume
intensity
frequency
density (ratio of training & rest/relief)
foci (focus)
mode
exercise selection
Which concept is central to the effective programming of training interventions?
Periodization
Which individuals explored periodization at the same time during the 1960’s?
Leonid Matveyev
Laszlo Nadori
Tudor Bompa
Who started periodization?
Leonid Matveyev
How does periodization induce specific physiological adaptations that underpin performance?
It allows for the systemic, sequential & integrative programming of training interventions into mutually dependent periods of time
T/F Periodization allows athletes to achieve peak performance at appropriate time points
True
Give an example of a sport in which an athlete would achieve peak performance at specific time points.
Ex: An elite marathon runner would want to achieve their peak at the Olympics, in between is not as important.
Periodization is a program design strategy used to promote ____- term training & performance ____ with preplanned, systematic variations in training ____, intensity & ____.
Long; improvements; specificity; volume
T/F Periodization does not have periods and cycles within the overall program
False
Periodization involves ___________ variations in training parameters
Nonlinear
Define periodization
A concept that can be defined by programmed variation in the training stimuli with the use of planned rest periods to augment recovery & restoration of an athlete’s potential
Name the 4 goals of periodization
- Optimizing performance at predetermined points or maintaining performance capacity
- Structure training interventions to target development of specific physiological & performance outcomes
- Managing the training stressors to reduce the potential of developing the overtraining syndrome (OTS)
- Promoting an athlete’s long-term development
What does a successful training program allow for?
The adaptive & recovery responses to specific interventions that are delivered in a structured way
What does the ultimate success of any training program center on?
Its ability to induce specific physiological adaptations & translate those adaptations into increases in performance
What does the center of periodization manage? (3)
- adaptive response
- handle accumulated fatigue
- capitalize on the after effects established from the various training factors encountered
How long can peak performance be optimized?
Only for short periods of time (7-14 days)
T/F, the average time peak performance can be maintained is proportional to the average intensity of the training plan.
False, it is inversely proportional
What are the three basic mechanistic theories that explain how periodization manages the recovery & adaptive response?
- General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
- Stimulus-Fatigue-Recovery-Adaptation theory
- Fitness-Fatigue Paradigm
Who developed the theory of the General Adaptation Syndrome?
Hans Selye, a canadian biologist and endocrinologist
What does the general adaptation syndrome describe?
The manner in which the human body reacts to stress
According to the General Adaptation Syndrome, how mane stages is the response to stress?
3
