Principles of training

• Specificity

  The health and fitness activities need to be specific to the parts of the body where an individual wants to improve…
• progression

  the health and fitness activities need to gradually progress and become harder. it is important that activities do not increase too much, too fast as if this happens, injury or burn out could occur. overload involves working harder than normal
• reversibility

  if training is stopped, then any gains made through health and fitness activities will be lost. there should be no long breaks in the activities otherwise…. may be lost.
• tedium

  health and fitness activities need to be varied to prevent boredom. exercises should be changed regularly otherwise the individual may become demotivated due to boredom. this may mean they give up or don’t try as hard so progress will be lost