Principles Of Training Flashcards
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Individual Needs
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- When planning training sessions, the needs of the individual athletes comes first.
- Using someone else’s training programme will not work because every athlete has different needs - and a different starting point - and the training should focus on these.
- For example; a first time marathon runner using an experienced marathon runner’s training programme. They would not have the fitness levels or experience to benefit for It.
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Specificity
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- Specifcity means the matching training to the requirements of an activity.
- Every sport has its own specific needs; divers and long distance runners obviously train in different ways. - Specificity in football might mean concentrating on cardiovascular fitness or speed.
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Progressive Overload
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- Progressive overload is when you graduslly Increase the amount of overlosd to
Improve fitness.
- Tip: remember overload doesn’t mean training too hard or too much. This is a common mistakel
- What does progressive overlond look likel
A weight lifter looking to improve their strength in the gym, may be like 80kg for 10
reps in wesk 1. In week 2 that weight will Incresse to 85kg.
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FITT
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(Frequency, Intencity, Time, Type) A principle that enables you to plan an exercise programme to get the most out of it’s safety as possible
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Overtraining
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- Hitting a good level of training is sometimes a delicate balance for athletes, but
It is important to get it right. - Overtraining occurs when you train beyond your body’s ability to recover.
- Athletes often exercise longer and harder so that they can improve. However without adequate rest and recovery, this can backfire and actually make you performance worse.
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Reversibility
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Reversibility means gradually losing fitness instead of progressing or remaining at the current level.
* This can occur when a person is ill or injured,
* Some people keep their fitness longer than others; this may be related to the length of training or how serious their injury is.
