Principles Of Fitness Flashcards

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The overload principle

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The Overload Principle is a basic sports fitness training concept. It means that in order to improve, athletes must continually work harder as they their bodies adjust to existing workouts

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The F.I.T.T Principle

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principle helps you create a workout plan that will be more effective in reaching your fitness goals. F.I.T.T. stands for frequency, intensity, time, and type of exercise.

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The Specificity Principle

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The principle of specificity states that sports training should be relevant and appropriate to the sport for which the individual is training in order to produce the desired effect

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The Rest and Recovery Principle

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Rest and recovery is the fourth principle of weight training. It says that each muscle requires adequate time to rest and recover between training sessions

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The use it or lose it principle

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This study, conducted by researchers in the United Kingdom, tackles the “use it or lose it” conjecture—the widely held belief that a person can maintain or enhance his or her cognitive function, and offset age-related declines in mental performance, by engaging in intellectual “exercise.”

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This study, conducted by researchers in the United Kingdom, tackles the “use it or lose it” conjecture—the widely held belief that a person can maintain or enhance his or her cognitive function, and offset age-related declines in mental performance, by engaging in intellectual “exercise.”

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The use it or lose it principle

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Rest and recovery is the fourth principle of weight training. It says that each muscle requires adequate time to rest and recover between training sessions

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The rest and recovery principle

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The principle of specificity states that sports training should be relevant and appropriate to the sport for which the individual is training in order to produce the desired effect

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The specificity principle

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principle helps you create a workout plan that will be more effective in reaching your fitness goals. F.I.T.T. stands for frequency, intensity, time, and type of exercise.

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The F.I.T.T principle

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The Overload Principle is a basic sports fitness training concept. It means that in order to improve, athletes must continually work harder as they their bodies adjust to existing workouts

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The overload principle

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