Principles Of Training

Question 1

What does SPORTFIT stand for?

Answer 1

•Specificity
•Progression
•Overload
  - Frequency
  - Intensity
  - Time
•Reversibility
•Tedium

Question 2

What is specificity?

Answer 2

Training that is particularly suited to a particular sport or activity

Question 3

What is progression?

Answer 3

Where training is gradually increases as the body adjusts to the demands being put on it

Question 4

What is overload?

Answer 4

Making your body work harder than normal in order to improve it

Question 5

What is frequency?

Answer 5

Increasing the number of training sessions

Question 6

What is intensity?

Answer 6

Increasing the amount of activity

Question 7

What is time?

Answer 7

Increasing the amount of time

Question 8

What is reversibility?

Answer 8

The opposite to progression

Question 9

What is tedium?

Answer 9

Make training interesting in order to avoid tedium

Question 10

What is plateauing?

Answer 10

Where progress seems to halt within a training programme

Question 11

Equation for max heart rate?

Answer 11

220 - your age = max beats per minute

Question 12

What is a training zone?
Aerobic?
Anaerobic?

Answer 12

The heart rate range in which a training effect takes place on the body
•60-80% of max
•80-90% of max

Question 13

Benefits of working in aerobic zone?

Answer 13

• Increase CV fitness
• More efficient cardio respiratory system
• Train / perform to a higher standard

Question 14

Benefits of working in anaerobic zone?

Answer 14

• Increase lactate threshold

* Run at higher intensity for longer