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====We need to train to improve our fitness. For steady progress and to avoid injury we often use the accronym of SPORT principles. There are also other [|principles of training] that should be considered and used when designing a training programme.====

n Quite simply, we can only achieve improvements in most aspects of physical performance by forcing the body to work beyond it’s current known limits. In other words we OVERLOAD it.
==== n **Example** – to improve our aerobic fitness by running, we could run more times a week, complete the run in a shorter time or increase the distance we run. Each one of these will overload the aerobic system. The aerobic system will gradually adapt to cope with the overload and we will become fitter.====

n The process of REVERSIBILITY applies to most aspects of physical performance. It means that the effects (or improvements) of training will be lost at about one third of the rate at which they were gained. n We lose our aerobic fitness more easily than our anaerobic fitness because our muscles quickly lose much of their ability to use oxygen. n Our anaerobic fitness is affected less by not training. If we follow a strength-training programme for 4 weeks, we will lose our gains in strength after about 12 weeks of inactivity. n Our training programme must be varied to avoid TEDIUM – boredom. By using a variety of different training methods we will keep our enthusiasm and motivation. n 1. We can follow a long work out with a short one, a hard session with relaxed one or high speed session with a long one. n 2. We may be able to change the way we train and where we train. n 3. Vary the way we train – shin splints can be avoided by running on grass rather than on hard roads.
 * REVERSIBILITY**
 * TEDIUM**

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