Principles of Training

The F.I.T.T. Principle... 

• Fast - Improvement - Training - Tips
• Fitness - Is - Too - Tough
• Fitness - Impact - Training - Target
• Frequency - Intensity - Time - Type

How long you exercise for?

• Frequency

• Time

• Intensity

• Type

How often you exercise for?

• Frequency

• Intensity

• Time

• Type

How hard you exercise?

• Frequency
• Intensity
• Time
• Type

The kind of exercise that you do in order to achieve the results you want

• Frequency
• Intensity
• Time
• Type

Gradually increasing resistance, increasing repetitions, increasing sets, increasing intensity

• Progressive Overload

• Individual Needs

• Specificity

• Training

Exercising a particular muscle for a certain task

• Training
• Overload
• Specificity
• Progression

In order to experience progression you must gradually add intensity to ____________ the body

• Fatigue
• Overload
• Relax
• Exhaust

Sports training should be adjusted according to each athlete's characteristics and needs, such as age, gender, rate of progress, and previous experience.

• Progressive Overload

• Reversibility

• Individual needs

• Rest& Recovery

This principle dictates that athletes need adequate time to recuperate from training and competition.

• Balance

• Rest & Recovery

• F.I.T.T.

• Specificity