Principles Of Fitness Flashcards
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Individual needs
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Personal fitness needs based on age, gender, fitness level and the sport they are training for.
2
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Specificity
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Specificity means matching training to the requirements of an activity.
3
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Progressive overload
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Progressive overload is gradually increasing the smount of overload to improve fitness.
4
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The FITT principle
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Frequency, intensity, time, type. Fitt principle enables you to plan an exercise programme to get the most out of it as safely as possible.
5
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Overtraining
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Overtraining occurs when you tain beyond you body’s ability to recover.
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Reversibility
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Reversibilty means gradually losing fitness instead of progressing or remaining at the at the current level.
