Principles of training Flashcards
What does SPORT stand for?
S - Specificity
P - Progressive
O - Overload
R - Reversibility
T - Tedium
What is specificity?
Matching training to the activity and components of fitness to be developed.
What is progressive overload?
Gradually increasing the amount of overload so that fitness gains occur without injury.
What is overload?
Working harder than normal
To overload, what can you increase?
Frequency
Intensity
Time
What does FITT stand for?
F - Frequency
I - Intensity
T - Time
T - Type
What is frequency?
How often you should exercise.
What is intensity?
How hard you should exercise.
What is time?
How long you should exercise for.
What is type?
What exercises and methods of training you should use.
What is reversibility?
Any fitness improvement or body adaptation caused by training will gradually reverse and be lost when you stop training.
It takes longer to gain fitness than to lose it.
What is tedium?
There needs to be a variety in your training, otherwise it can become boring.
