Principles of Training

Overload

means that to improve any aspect of physical fitness the individual must continually
increase the demands placed on the appropriate body systems . 
Progression

Progression of exercise refers to the process of increasing the intensity, duration, frequency, or amount of
activity or exercise as the body adapts to a given activity pattern.

FITT

A training programme is designed to improve performance.

There are four keys ways in which you can plan a training
programme to ensure progress happens.
Frequency

How often you train, per week.

Intensity

How hard you train

Time

How long you train for.

 Type

Which training method to use to target the type of fitness , or

part of sport that improving.

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. ... Essentially, specificity training
means that you must perform the skill in order to get better at it.

Reversibility, use, and disuse

The reversibility principle is a concept that states when you stop

working out, you lose the effects of training. It is sometimes
referred to as the ‘’use it or lose it’’ principle. ... Moreover, on
the plus side, it states that when you resume working out, you
begin to make gains again.Sep 13

Variety

Variety refers to the number of different exercises you perform for a specific exercise
type -- for example, the number of different cardiovascular exercises you do or the
number of different strength-training exercises you do.
 Individual differences

The Principle of Individual Differences is a principle that states that, because everyone is
unique, each person experiences a different response to an exercise program. Some of these
differences may be related to body size and shape, genetics, past experience, chronic
conditions, injuries and gender.