Specificity- Matching training to the activity and components of fitness to be developed.
Progressive overload- Gradually increasing the amount of overload so that fitness gains occur without injury.
Reversibility- Any fitness improvement or body adaptation caused by training will gradually reverse and be lost when you stop training.
Tedium-Tedium refers to boredom. Training should be altered and varied to prevent an individual from suffering this.
The four principles of overload, FITT:
-Frequency
-Intensity
-Time
-Type
Frequency- Refers to how often someone trains. Normally training should take place three or more times a week. As fitness increases, the ability to train more often also becomes possible.
Intensity- Refers to how hard you train: how fast you run/how heavy the weight etc. As fitness increases, the intensity should be suitably increased.
Time- Refers to how long you train for. As fitness increases, the length of time spent training may well increase.
Type- What exercises and methods of training you should use.
