Principles of Training Flashcards
What is specificity?
If you want to improve your fitness for a position of event then your training methods must match the physical fitness demands of that position or event. E.g. if you want to do a run you must do training methods that focus on aerobic fitness and muscular endurance.
What is overload?
If you want to develop your fitness in any component, you must work the body systems harder than they are already. The skill is to add enough stress to make a difference and make the body adapt.
What is the FITT principle to do with overload?
F - minimum frequency
I - minimum intensity
T - minimum time
T - type of exercise
What is progressive overload?
After an overload your body adapts to cope more efficiently with the increased work. If you want to become more fitter you most overload again or your fitness will plateau. This principle is overloading until your body adapts and then overloading again.
What is rest and recovery?
You must allow your muscles time to recover and your body time to replace fuel used up. The harder you work the more time you need for rest and recovery.
What is reversibility?
If you want to maintain your physical fitness level you need to continue to train. If you stop training then biological adaptation ps will be reversed and you will lose the fitness benefits. Most benefit are lost in 4-8 weeks
What is Tedium?
It is where you do the same training over and over and eventually you get bored of it. To avoid it during any training programme it is important to include variety in your programme.
What is peaking?
The aim is to be at your best/peak on the day of an event. It covers the final stages leading up to the competition. In this period you perform less work but at a high intensity. In the last couple of days you taper off to allow your muscles to recover.
What is moderation?
This means achieving a balance between training enough to achieve improvement and not overtraining. Overtraining can lead to tiredness
, illness and injur.
