A2 - Principles of training

"How often a person trains" is known as...

• Frequency

• Intensity

• Time

• Type

"How hard someone trains" is known as...

• Frequency

• Intensity

• Time

• Type

"How long a person trains for each session" is known as...

• Frequency

• Intensity

• Time

• Type

"What training method a person uses" is known as...

• Frequency

• Intensity

• Time

• Type

Order these into Basic and Additional principles of training

Groups:

(a) Basic Principles

,

(b) Additional Principles

• Intensity

• Time

• Reversibility

• Variation

• Adaptations

• Progressive Overload

• Rest and Recovery

• Type

• Specificity

• Individual differences

• Frequency

During Tom's 6 week training programme each week he increases the weight during his free weight training by 5kg. What additional principle of training is Tom applying?

• Intensity

• Type

• Progressive overload

• Specificity

In the 3rd week of Becky's training programme she suffers a muscle tear, what additional principle of training is likely to occur now she is injured?

• Individual needs

• Reversibility

• Rest and Recovery

• Adaptations

For the first week of her training Gemma runs a pace of 5.15 per km for her 5km run. In week 2 she runs a pace of 4.80 per km. What basic principle of training has Gemma changed in week 2?

• Frequency

• Intesity

• Progressive Overload

• Type

George completes a 6 week free weights training programme. At the end of the 6 weeks his bicep circumference has increased by 5cm. What additional principle of training has occurred?

• Progressive Overload

• Intensity

• Variation

• Adaptation

In his weekly training programme Bob does weight training on a Monday, on Wednesday he goes for a swim and on Friday he cycles. What additional principle of training has been applied to Bob's training programme?

• Specificity

• Variation

• Type

• Rest and Recovery