further training methods

Question 1

What are some examples of continuous training?

Answer 1

• running / jogging
• cycling
• swimming
• exercise sessions (such as aerobics)

Question 2

What are the most popular ways of carrying out continuous training?

Answer 2

Through using a specific machine such as a treadmill, exercise bike, or cross trainer

Question 3

Why is continuous training a good form of all round exercise and very popular for many games players?

Answer 3

Because the “specialist” machines are widely available in gyms and leisure centres

Question 4

What is interval training?

Answer 4

This is training that has periods of work and periods of rest, with variations of the two. When working, the heart rate needs to be at a high training zone level; while during rest it should drop down into the aerobic zone

Question 5

What are the two most common forms of interval training?

Answer 5

• long interval training

* short interval training

Question 6

What happens in long interval training?

Answer 6

• work periods of between 15 seconds and 3 minutes
• at about 80-85% of maximum levels
• includes corresponding rest periods for recovery

Question 7

Who is long interval training a good method for?

Answer 7

• games players (football, rugby)

* middle distance athletes

Question 8

What happens in short interval training?

Answer 8

• short periods of work, no more than 15 seconds
• work happens at maximum levels
• includes realistic recovery time, possibly up to 2 minutes

Question 9

Who is short interval training a good method for?

Answer 9

• racket sports players (tennis, squash)

* sprinters

Question 10

What is fartlek training?

Answer 10

It is a Swedish form of interval training

Question 11

What are some examples of fartlek training?

Answer 11

• walking
• brisk walking
• jogging
• fast steady running

Question 12

What is the continuous shuttle run?

Answer 12

This is the ‘multi stage fitness test’ and is also commonly known as the ‘bleep test’. Although it was primarily designed to be a test, it has quickly been adopted as a training method as well

Question 13

What is the continuous shuttle run training method a form of?

Answer 13

Continuous training

Question 14

What happens in the continuous shuttle run?

Answer 14

There are a series of 20 meter shuttle runs, which have to be carried out in time with an electronic bleep that speeds up every minute

Question 15

What is altitude training?

Answer 15

This is where some sort of aerobic exercise is carried out at higher altitude, where the air is less dense and oxygen levels are low with less pressure of oxygen

Question 16

Why is altitude training a good method for endurance athletes?

Answer 16

Because using this method allows a actual psychological change to occur, which increases the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood

Question 17

Who is altitude training a popular method with?

Answer 17

• long distance runners

* many football and rugby teams

Question 18

What is continuous training?

Answer 18

This is any type of training that keeps the heart rate, and therefore the pulse rate, high over a sustained period of time