2.4.3 - Applying the Principles of Training (FITT, Overload, Specificity, Reversibility) to Your Plan
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Practice Questions
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What does FITT stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about the components of a fitness plan.
Name one example of the specificity principle.
💡 Hint: Consider how training relates to performance.
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What does the 'I' in FITT represent?
💡 Hint: Think about how hard you're exercising.
A key principle to maintain fitness gains over time is called?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when you take a break from training.
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Design a comprehensive fitness plan for a person seeking to run a marathon in 6 months. Incorporate FITT, progressive overload, specificity, and reversibility principles.
💡 Hint: Consider the goal duration and how progressively you will increase your running practices.
Analyze a provided fitness program and identify any missing principles of FITT, overload, specificity, or reversibility. Explain how it could be improved.
💡 Hint: Look for imbalances in the workouts scheduled and suggest ways they can meet the identified principles.
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