L6a, Managing Training Effects

Question 1

What are the 4 phases of general adaptation syndrome (GAS) and what is their role?

Answer 1

1. Alarm Phase- Stimulus is recognised
2. Resistance Phase- Adaptation occurs
3. Supercompensation Phase- New level of performance capacity
4. Overtraining phase- Too much stress can suppress performance

Question 2

What are the 4 phases of stimulus-fatigue-recovery-adaptation?

Answer 2

1. Application of training stimulus
2. Recovery
3. Supercompensation
4. Detraining

Question 3

What is supercompensation theory?

Answer 3

The greater the overall magnitude of a workload, the more fatigue accumulates and the longer the delay before complete recovery so that adaptation can occur.

Question 4

What is fitness fatigue theory?

Answer 4

The fatigue effects may last up to 24 hours, the duration of fitness effects last for up to 72 hours.

Question 5

What is the difference between ST and FFT?

Answer 5

• ST= Decrease the number of training sessions and keep the load of each session the same
• FFT= Decrease the load of each session but keep the number of training sessions the same

Question 6

What are general training effects (GTE)?

Answer 6

GTE are all of the short, medium and long term effects of training: Acute, immediate, cumulative, delayed, partial, residual

Question 7

Managing training effects: Delayed- What are the characteristics of this GTE and how long can they take?

Answer 7

Changes in the motor nerve pathways (increase in myelin), can take months or years.

Question 8

Managing training effects: Partial- What are the characteristics of this GTE and how long can they take?

Answer 8

Nervous system and local tissue response to single training modality, can take hours or days.

Question 9

Managing training effects: Residual- What are the characteristics of this GTE and how long can they take?

Answer 9

How long changes last after training ends, can take days or weeks