Principles Of Training

Question 1

What are the principles of training

Answer 1

Specificity
Progression
Overload
Reversibility
Recovery
Tedium

Question 2

What is specificity

Answer 2

A performer must do specific types of activity to improve specific parts of the body in certain
Different events can require different forms of training

Question 3

Why must training be specific

Answer 3

To develop the correct
Muscles
Fibre types
Fitness components
Skill/techniques
Energy systems

Question 4

When should progression be used?

Answer 4

To increase training as the body becomes better at coping with training overtime
Greater demands must be made to keep on improving

Question 5

What should a performer be training to progress

Answer 5

Maximum heart rate
1 rep max
Duration you can perform for
Frequency you train

Question 6

What is overload? When will improvements be made?

Answer 6

Taxing/difficult training that increases as your body improves
Improvement will only be made if the body is subjected to increasing demands

Question 7

How can fitness be improved? (The main way)

Answer 7

By training more than you normally do

Question 8

What is reversibility? When should training continue?

Answer 8

If the training load decreases or if the training stops altogether, all benefits will be lost
Training should continue, unless the performer is injured

Question 9

What is recovery for? What is the ratio?

Answer 9

Rest days are needed to allow the body to recover
Researchers suggest a 3:1 ratio, 3 days training and 1 day rest

Question 10

What should performers do to prevent tedium

Answer 10

Use a range of training methods and intensities to prevent boredom
It should be fun