Principles of training

• What are the four principles of training?

  specificity

  progression

  overload

  reversibility
• training should be specific to the sport and the individual
• describe progression of training

  gradual increases in exercise in order for the body to adapt through overload
• define overload

  a greater than normal stress applied on the body for training adaptations to take place
• what is reversibility?

  any adaptation that takes place as a result of training will be lost if you stop training
• when might reversibility happen?

  following injury or illness
• define atrophy

  reduction of muscle mass, usually due to reversibility
• FITT links with what principle

  progression
• what does FITT stand for

  Frequency

  Intensity

  Time

  Type