FITT and Additional FITT Principles Flashcards
What does FITT stand for?
Frequency
Intensity
Time
Type of training
What is frequency?
How often an athlete trains over a period of time. As an athlete becomes fitter, this may increase.
What is intensity?
How hard someone trains. As the athlete becomes fitter, this may increase.
What is time?
How long each training session must last in order to be of any benefit. As the athlete becomes fitter, his may increase.
What is type of training?
Means the methods of training chose to achieve a persons particular goals. Athlete may want to work on a specific component of fitness, so they will pick a TYPE of training to achieve this.
What are the 7 additional principles of training?
Progressive Overload Specificity Individual needs/ differences Adaptation Reversibility Variation Rest and Recovery
What is progressive overload?
In order to progress, training needs to be demanding enough to cause the body to adapt, improving performance.
What is specificity?
Training should be specific to the individual’s sport, activity or physical/ skill related fitness goals to be developed.
What is individual needs/ differences?
The programme should be designed to meet individual training goals and needs.
What is adaptation?
How the body reacts to training lots by increasing its ability to cope with those loads.
What is reversibility?
If training stops, or the intensity of training is not sufficient to cause adaptation, training effects are reversed.
What is variation?
It is important to vary the training regime to avoid boredom and maintain enjoyment.
What is rest and recovery?
This is required so that the body can recover from the training and to allow adaptation to occur
What is the difference between individual and specific?
Individual training needs are not the same as specific training needs. Individual training needs are about the person; specific training needs are about the sport or activity.
