Principles of training

Question 1

Individual needs

Answer 1

When planning training sessions, the needs of the individual athlete comes first.

Question 2

Can you use someone else’s programme?

Answer 2

No you cant because it wont work because every athlete has different meeds and different sports they do. You cant use a marathon runners programme because it wont suite you.

Question 3

Specificity

Answer 3

The specific means matching training to he requirements of an activity. Every sport has its own specialist needs;divers and long distance runners obviously train in different ways. Specificity in football might mean concentrating on cardiovascular fitness or speed.

Question 4

Progressive overload

Answer 4

Gradually increasing the amount of overload to improve fitness. You don’t want to drastically overload very fast as you can get injured. A weight lifter looking to improve their strength in the gym may lift 80kg for 10 reps in week 1. Then increase that weight to 82.5 in week 2.

Question 5

The FITT principle

Answer 5

The FITT principle enables you to plan an exercise programme to get the most out of it as safely as possible. 
F-frequency-(how often)
I-intensity-(how hard)
T-time-(how long)
T-type-(what method)