Program Design Flashcards
What are the 4 basic principles that guide program design?
- Specificity = training client in a specific way to produce a targeted change/result. The body adapts to the specific stressors applied
- Overload = a training stress/intensity > than what client is used to, leading to adaptation.
- Variation = manipulation of specific training variables (volume, intensity, exercise selection, frequency of training, rest interval, speed of movement) to achieve long-term adaptation
- Progression = altering training stress or intensity to continue to induce positive adaptations
Define specificity
Give 5 example of specificity in training (what are 5 things that can be specifically targeted in training?)
Specificity = training client in a specific way to produce a targeted change/result. The body adapts to the specific stressors applied
- Target specific muscle groups specificity
- Energetic systems specificity
- Movement velocities specificity
- Muscle action type specificity
- E.g. Isometric, concentric, eccentric
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Movement patterns specificity = generally used in work with athletes or clients who wish to develop strength that translates to a specific activity or sport.
- The more similar the resistance training exercise is to the movement pattern, the greater the likelihood of translation to the targeted activity.
- Exercises such as the Olympic lifts (i.e., cleans, snatches, etc.) appear to offer the most translation to sports because their movement patterns are similar to those used in many sports and activities.
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Define overload and give 4 examples of how to use it
- Overload = a training stress/intensity > than what client is used to, leading to adaptation.
- More weight lifted
- More training sessions per week
- Less rest between sets
- More reps/sets of given exercise
- Define varation.
- What is best method for acheiving varation?
- What happens if insuficcient training variation?
- Variation = manipulation of specific training variables (volume, intensity, exercise selection, frequency of training, rest interval, speed of movement) to achieve long-term adaptation
- Best achieved through principle of periodization
- Periodization is the systematic process of
- planned variations in a resistance training
program over a training cycle. - __Logical phasic manipulations of training factors to optimize specific training outcomes at specific time points
- Monotonous program overtraining = plateauing or decrease of training adaptations resulting from insufficient training variation
What answers qualify as a beginner? How many have to match for each column?

3/5 columns to qualify
If was resistance training regularly within last 4-6 weeks, use answers from previous program.
What answers qualify as a intermediate?
How many have to match for each column?

3/5 columns
If was resistance training regularly within last 4-6 weeks, use answers from previous program.
What answers qualify as a advanced?
How many have to match for each column?

3/5 columns
If was resistance training regularly within last 4-6 weeks, use answers from previous program.
What information should be gathered about client prior to designing program?
- _ _ Status (5 part answer)
- _ Evaluation (7 part answer)
- 4 @ rest
- 3 active
- Goals - identify what they say they want in terms of muscle goals(4 part answer)
- Initial Resistance Trianing Status and Experience
- Currently RT?
- How have you followed long regular RT program?
- How many times per week?
- How difficult/intense is each session?
- What type of trainingdo you perform (machine/core/assistance) and how many can you perform with propper technique?
- Fitness Evaluation
- Resting HR
- Blood pressure
- Body composition
- Height + Weight + Girth
- Muscular strength and endurance
- Cardio fitness/endurance
- Flexibility
- Primary resistance training goal
- Muscular endurance = “I want to increase stamina”
- Hypertrophy = “I want bigger arms/get more sculpted”
- Muscular strength = “I want to get up and down the stair better”
- Muscular Power = “I want to jump higher” “I want to improve my speed/agility”
What are 11 sequential steps for designing resistance training program?
- Initial _ and _
- Determination of _
- _ selection
- Weigh the _ of exercise against the _.
- For example, machine leg press vs free-weight lunge?
- _ of exercises (_order)
- Training _: _and _
- Training _ : _ and _
- _ _
- Training _
- _ the training plan
- _
- Initial consultation and fitness evaluation
- Determination of training frequency
- Exercise selection
- You should weigh the value of an exercise against the time it takes to perform it.
- For example, machine leg press vs free-weight lunge?
- Machine leg press = less time than free-weight lunge, may allow the client to perform additional exercises or more sets.
- For example, machine leg press vs free-weight lunge?
- Arrangement of exercises (exercise order)
- Training load: resistance and repetition
- Training volume: reps and sets
- Rest Periods
- Training Variation
- Sequencing the training plan
- Progression
What are the 7 resistance training program design variables?
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- Needs analysis = determines clients needs and requirements of client’s activities and lifestyle examining following
- Age
- Training experience and current training level
- Injury history
- Physical testing results
- Training Goals
- Incidence of injury in client’s job/sport
- Exercise selection
- Training frequency
- Exercise order
- Training load and repetitions
- Volume
- Rest Periods
What are 5 aerobic endurance program design variables?
MFIDP
- Exercise mode
- Training frequency
- Training intensity
- Training duration
- Exercise progression
What 3 things should be gathered from client prior to designing aerobic training program?
- _ fitness _
- _ history
- Fitness _
- Present fitness level
- Exercise history
- Fitness goals
What is a needs analysis and what 6 things does it cover?
Needs analysis = determines clients needs and requirements of client’s activities and lifestyle examining following
- Age
- Training experience and current training level
- Injury history
- Physical testing results
- Training Goals
- Incidence of injury in client’s job/sport
What are the 6 methods of aerobic exercise training?
- _ _ _
- _/_training
- _training
- _training
- _training
- _exercise training
- Long slow distance
- Pace/tempo training
- Interval training
- Circuit training
- Cross training
- Arm exercise training
Define long slow distance training.
What is ideal HR training zone for this method?
Give examples
Give recomendations for duration and frequency
Describe how to train in relation to HR, including what systems/fuels.
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Long Slow Distance = performance at intensity less than normally used so duration can be longer
- Generally, work within 50-85% HRR training zone
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Examples:
- Ride bike @ 100 watts for 1 hour instead of 150 watts for 30 minutes
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Recommendations
- 30-120 minutes, no more than 2x a week
- Once target intensity achieved, continue exercise if client can maintain HR within prescribed zone and energy available
- When HR increases beyond training zone without increase in workload, anaerobic systems begin to provide energy at expense of carbohydrate and glycogen stores, fatigue will follow
What 2 things does pace/tempo training improve?
Give duration, intensity, and training frequency.
Describe the 2 methods of pace tempo training.
- _/tempo training
- Work bouts _-_ minutes
- _ seconds rest – can _
- Repeat until _
- _/tempo training
- _ Bouts _-_ minutes, sustaining desired pace
- Duration _b/c training @ _
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Pace/Tempo Training = for clients wanting to improve cardiorespiratory endurance and can work @ highest % of HRR to ↑ VO2 max
- Duration: 20-30 minutes @ lactate threshold, 1-2x a week
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Intermittent pace/tempo training
- Work bouts 3-5 minutes
- 90 seconds rest – can walk slowly to prevent blood pooling in legs
- Repeat until client unable to maintain pace
- Steady pace/tempo training
- 1 Bout 20-30 minutes, sustaining desired pace
- Duration reduced b/c training @ higher intensity
- Define interval training in terms of work duration, intensity, and alternating.
- What benefit does IT allow in session and how can this be used to improve performance? (give example for how to increase running speed)
- What 2 adaptations does high intensity interval training enduce?
- What are typical work to rest ratios?
- how long does work typicall last?
- How long should total session be?
- Interval Training = Short periods of exercise @ > lactate threshold/VO2 max alternated with longer periods @ lesser intensities
- Allows for more complete recovery → delay of complete fatigue ∴ greater total amount of time spent @ highest intensity
- Example:
- ↑ running speed, use intervals of faster running that pushes HRR paired with rest period @ pace on lower end of HRR
- Example:
- Adaptations = ↑ cardio endurance via ↑ lactate threshold enhanced ability to clear blood lactate
- Work to Rest Ratios
- Work = 3-5 minutes + Rest at ratio of 1:1 to 1:3
- Lengthen rest interval as client fatigues
- Work = 3-5 minutes + Rest at ratio of 1:1 to 1:3
- Example = 60 minutes @ steady state can be swapped with 60 minutes interval training (combined work + rest time)
What is circuit training?
What are benefits of this style of training and what does it improve?
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Circuit training = resistance training + aerobic endurance training.
- Short intervals endurance training between resistance training sets
- Keeps HR in training zone for duration of exercise session, improving cardiorespiratory endurance and muscular endurance
What is cross training and what is it effective for training?
What are benefits (how does it improve/enhance adaption rate)?
What are 2 methods?
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Cross Training – combining several exercise modes (running + swimming + biking) for aerobic endurance training. Effective for maintaining or improving VO2 max
- Benefits
- Distributes physical stress of training to different muscle groups during different activities → increased adaptation of cardiorespiratory and muscular systems
- 2 Methods
- Use different modes of exercise each training period, rotating through 2 or more through 2 or more exercise modes within a week
- Using several different exercise modes within the same work out
- Benefits
How does arm cardio differ from leg cardio (HR, VO2 Max, and lactate threshold)
- HR is higher during arm exercise than during leg exercise for any given workload
- VO2 max for arm exercise lower than for leg exercise
- Lactate threshold reached @ lower intensities that during leg exercise
When can the various types of aerobic training (interval training, circuit training, cross training, etc.) be used?
After initial aerobic endurance training program completed
What are core exercises?
What are structural exercises? Give examples
What are power exercises? Give examples
What are assistance exercises?
- Core exercises = Multi-joint exercises (involving 2 or more joints)
- Engage large muscle while activating synergistic muscles
- Structural exercises = core exercises that directly or indirectly place load on axial skeleton
- Deadlift, squat, shoulder press
- Power exercises = structural exercises that are performed quickly or explosively
- Clean and jerk, snatch, push press, high pull, push jerk
- Assistance exercises
- Single-joint exercises, engaging only one primary joint
- Recruit small amount of muscle mass/small muscle group or area
What are 4 recommendations for selecting resistance training exercises to build training base of novice
- Focus on _ exercises or basic _ exercises
- Use _muscle groups/_-joint exercises
- Target _muscle groups or train _ muscle group
- Typically _ exercises per muscle group
- Progressively incorporate more _-joint _muscle exercises
- Focus on assistance exercises or basic core exercises
- Use small muscle groups/single-joint exercises
- Target specific muscle groups or train each muscle group
- Typically 1 exercise per muscle group
- Progressively incorporatemore multi-joint large muscle exercises
What is difference between active and passive stretching?
- Active = person stretching supplies force of stretch
- Passive = partner or stretching device provides force for stretch









