Principles of training

Question 1

What are the principles of training?

Answer 1

Rest and recovery
Individual needs and differences
Progressive overload
Specificity
Reversibility
FITT

Question 2

What is rest and recovery?

Answer 2

Time allowed for recovery between exercise sessions

Question 3

What is individual needs and difference?

Answer 3

Making sure a training programme takes into account the individual such as body build, sport and aims.

Question 4

What is progressive overload?

Answer 4

Increasing the intensity so fitness improves without injury

Question 5

Whats is specificity

Answer 5

Matching the training to the requirements of an activity e.g. a sprinter needs to work on their speed

Question 6

What is reversibility?

Answer 6

Losing fitness gradually. This happens when a person is ill or injured or stops training.

Question 7

What does FITT stand for?

Answer 7

Frequency
Intensity
Time
Type

Question 8

What is frequency?

Answer 8

How often you train

Question 9

What is intensity?

Answer 9

How hard you train

Question 10

What is time?

Answer 10

How long you train for each time

Question 11

What is type?

Answer 11

The method of training you are using