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SPS240-PRINCIPLE OF TRAINING

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The number of times you exercise each week.

a)

Frequency

b)

Frequent

c)

Training Schedule

d)

Time

2.

How hard the exercise is.

a)

Intensity

b)

Overload

c)

Difficulty

d)

Type

3.

Focusing training on activities and exercises relevant to an individual's sporting goals and needs

a)

Specificity

b)

Variation

c)

Adaptation

d)

Type

4.

Training at an appropriate intensity and gradually increasing the amount of stress placed on the body

a)

Progressive Overload

b)

Adaptation

c)

Intensity

d)

Type

5.

When you stop training you lose any strength, tone or skill that have been previously gained.

a)

Reversibility

b)

Variation

c)

Regression

d)

Backwards

6.

Changing the training you do so that you don't get bored and continue to enjoy your training.

a)

Variation

b)

Type

c)

Specificity

d)

Adaptation

7.

I am going to increase the weight I bench press every week by 1kg. What additional principle of training am I applying?

a)

Progressive overload

b)

Specificity

c)

Adaptation

d)

Individual needs

8.

I'm going to increase the amount of times I train every week from twice to three times. What principle of training am I referring to?

a)

Frequency

b)

Intensity

c)

Time

d)

Type

9.

When referring to additional principles of training. Specificity means what?

a)

Making training specific to the sport or activity

b)

Making training specific to a persons individual needs

c)

Making training easy

d)

Making training hard enough to challenge you

10.

Using the correct method of training for the area of fitness you want to improve, refers to which method of training?

a)

Specificity

b)

Variation

c)

Reversibility

d)

FITT

11.
Which of the following best demonstrates the principle of progressive overload?
a)
Ensuring that an athlete's HR is below 70-80% if MHR during each session
b)
Gradually increasing the weight & number of reps for strength training exercises
c)
Participating in a variety of activities to develop a range of muscle groups
d)
Scheduling 1-2 training sessions each week to maximise training benefits
12.

Which principle of training is missing from the list?


Progression, Overload, Reversibility, Tedium...

a)

Specificity

b)

Special

c)

Sport

d)

Synapse

13.

Which are reasons reversibility might occur?

a)

Vacations

b)

Injury

c)

Lack of motivation to train

d)

Bored of training program

14.

If a training programme has been designed for a specific person, which principle of training has been applied?

a)

Specificity

b)

Individual Differences/ Needs

c)

Variation

d)

Progressive Overload

15.

The changes which take place in the body as a result of exercise, refer to which principle of training?

a)

Progressive Overload

b)

Rest and Recovery

c)

Adaptation

d)

Specificity