PE End of Year Exam

What are the 8 principles of training and what does each mean?

Specificity - the training has to be specific for what you want to improve on.
Progression - gradually increase the amount of training over a period of time.
Individual needs - matching training to the requirments of an individual.
Thresholds of training - the boundaries of a training zone.
FITT - frquency, intensity, time, type.
Overload - to increase the amount of training without injuring yourself.
Reversibility - the effect of loss of training after a stoppage in training for some reason.
Moderation - spread the training out over a period of time to stop too much overload.

What is circuit training?

Circuit training is where there are 8-15 stations with specific activities on each one. You spend a set time on each station the move on to the next one, allowing a rest inbetween. It's adaptable for all abilities and can be focused for a specific sport, not just fitness. It's not boring because it includes a variety of activities but can get crowded.

What is continuous training?

You exercise at a constand rate for an hour or more doing exericse such as running or cycling. You usually work at about 60-90% of your VO2 max . It's good for aerboic fitness, it burns body fat easily but it's boring and isn't a training method for a variety of sports.

What is Fartlek training?

Fartlek training is periods of high and low intensity bursts of exercise. You don't stop during fartlek. It can involve walking, running, jogging and sprinting. Each activity is for a set amount of time and you repeat the sequence a set amount of times. It's good for sports with different paces and is easily changed for different sports/people but it's difficult to see how hard the person is training.

What is interval training?

Fixed patterns of fast and slow exercises. Each repitition is called a rep and you have to do a set (group of reps) before resting. It's quite boring and hard to keep going but it mixes aerobic and anerobic exercises.