Principles of Exercise and Sports Training

Question 1

• improvements in physical fitness are
  specific to the demands or characteristics

Answer 1

Specificity

Question 2

Specificity is improvements in physical fitness are
specific to the ___ or ____

Answer 2

demands or characteristics

Question 3

SAID principle means ( under ng specificity)

Answer 3

(specific adaptation to imposed demands).

Question 4

in order to see an improvement in fitness (i.e., response), the dose of physical activity must exceed that to which the individual is already
accustomed. The dose of physical activity is controlled by the manipulation of frequency, intensity,
time, and type of exercise, otherwise known as the FITT principle.

Answer 4

Overload

Question 5

controlled by the manipulation of frequency, intensity,
time, and type of exercise, otherwise known as the ____ (under ng overload)

Answer 5

FITT principle

Question 6

• states that bodies adapt to the current exercise
  routine over time, so changing up the training keeps your body from getting too used to one
  routine
• prevent the body
  from getting too used to one training routine.

Answer 6

Progression

Question 7

the overload principle to prevent the body
from getting too used to
1.___,2.___,3___

Answer 7

one training routine

Question 8

• states that any training program must take into
  account the specific needs and abilities of the individuals
• heredity plays a major part in determining how a person responds to a training
  program

Answer 8

individuality

Question 9

• body ‘programs’ muscles to remember particular activities, movements,
  or skills.
• By repeating that skill or exercise, the body adapts to the stress and the skill becomes
  easier to perform

Answer 9

adaptation

Question 10

adaptation is by ____ that skill or exercise, the body adapts to the stress and the skill becomes
easier to perform.

Answer 10

repeating

Question 10

• When you are pushing your limits,
• process of breaking down your body
• During the recovery phase, the body
  experiences a ‘super-compensation,’ which results in the body adjusting to new levels of fitness.

Answer 10

recovery

Question 11

During the ___ ____, the body
experiences a ‘super-compensation,’ which results in the body adjusting to new levels of fitness.

Answer 11

recovery phase

Question 12

any improvement in physical fitness due
to physical activity is entirely reversible.

Answer 12

reversibility

Question 13

in other words reversibility is “___ ___ _ __ _”

Answer 13

use it or lose it

Question 14

reversibility suggests __ _ ___ of physical activity are important determinants of both fitness maintenance and continued improvement.

Answer 14

regularity and consistency