Bodybuilding
Principles of Fitness Training
Scenario
You are working as a health fitness instructor in the Swansea Tennis Centre and Gym. Your job responsibilities include planning exercise programmes for clients and helping to instruct exercise sessions. Describe in a booklet the principles of fitness training you would apply to your clients individual training programme.
P1/M1
OVERLOAD:
The Overload Principle can be achieved through changes in Frequency, Intensity and Time. Firstly , frequency, as you may suspect, is how often you exercise. Most people say anywhere from 3 to 6 days a week, depending upon experience and goals. Training the full 7 days most of the time isn't the answer to improving your body's performance and health. Intensity is how hard you push and what level of effort your body performs to the max . Depending upon whether you're looking to stretch a workout over a long period of time and work at a slower pace than normally, or race 100 meters at 100% decides how hard you will train. You can work at full throttle for 5 minutes or ease it up for 15, and still get the same benefits. When you're working your way up from 5 minutes to 10, then the next couple of weeks up to 30, you're doing something. Time plays a very important role in fitness, but like a three-legged stool, if one is missing, everything will fall apart.
PROGRESSION:
individuals frequently make the mistake of attempting too rapid a fitness change. For example is that of the middle-aged man or woman who has done no exercise for 20 years and suddenly begins a very hard training program. The result of such activity is frequently an injury or, at the least, stiffness and soreness. There are no hard-and-fast rules on how fast someone should progress to a higher level of activity. The individual's subjective impression of whether or not the body seems to be able to take increased training serves as a good guide. In general it might be reasonable not to progress to higher levels of
Scenario
You are working as a health fitness instructor in the Swansea Tennis Centre and Gym. Your job responsibilities include planning exercise programmes for clients and helping to instruct exercise sessions. Describe in a booklet the principles of fitness training you would apply to your clients individual training programme.
P1/M1
OVERLOAD:
The Overload Principle can be achieved through changes in Frequency, Intensity and Time. Firstly , frequency, as you may suspect, is how often you exercise. Most people say anywhere from 3 to 6 days a week, depending upon experience and goals. Training the full 7 days most of the time isn't the answer to improving your body's performance and health. Intensity is how hard you push and what level of effort your body performs to the max . Depending upon whether you're looking to stretch a workout over a long period of time and work at a slower pace than normally, or race 100 meters at 100% decides how hard you will train. You can work at full throttle for 5 minutes or ease it up for 15, and still get the same benefits. When you're working your way up from 5 minutes to 10, then the next couple of weeks up to 30, you're doing something. Time plays a very important role in fitness, but like a three-legged stool, if one is missing, everything will fall apart.
PROGRESSION:
individuals frequently make the mistake of attempting too rapid a fitness change. For example is that of the middle-aged man or woman who has done no exercise for 20 years and suddenly begins a very hard training program. The result of such activity is frequently an injury or, at the least, stiffness and soreness. There are no hard-and-fast rules on how fast someone should progress to a higher level of activity. The individual's subjective impression of whether or not the body seems to be able to take increased training serves as a good guide. In general it might be reasonable not to progress to higher levels of