Principles of Training

Question 1

Individual needs

Answer 1

Matching the training programme to a person’s needs.

Question 2

Specifity

Answer 2

Matching training requirements of an activity.

Question 3

Progressive Overload

Answer 3

Gradually increasing the amount of overload to improve fitness.

Question 4

What does FITT stand for?

Answer 4

Frequency (how often?)
Intensity (how hard?)
Time (how long?)
Type (what method?)

Question 5

Overtraining

Answer 5

Training beyond your body’s ability to recover

Question 6

Reversibility

Answer 6

Gradually losing fitness instead of progressing or remaining at the current level