Copy - SPORT Principle

Specific

S

Your training should be specific to the needs of your fitness.

Does it relate to your fitness needs?

Progession

P

To improve and develop, make your training progressively harder.

Are you making it challenging?

Overload

O

To become stronger the body must work harder than normal.

Are you working hard?

Reversibility

R

Exercise improves fitness. If we stop exercising our fitness levels will drop.

What happens if you stop?

Tedium

T

Your training should have a variety of exercise methods to maintain motivation

Is it varied?

S.P.O.R.T. Principle

The needs of a cross-country runner will be different from the needs of a weight lifter.

As you become stronger and fitter the training needs to be made more difficult.

To work harder one should follow the F.I.T.T. principle F requency- how often do you exercise? I ntentisty- how hard do you exercise? T ime- how long do you exercise for? T ype- is the exercise suitable for what want to achieve?

-If you exercise your muscles get bigger and stronger (hypertrophy) -If you stop exercising your muscles will get smaller and weaker (atrophy)

If the same activity is performed frequently training will become repetitive and boring