Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Training Methods
- Interval Training
- Periods of intense activity
broken up by rest periods
to allow time for recovery.
Usually associated with
anaerobic activity.
- Benefits
- Health benefits such as weight loss
- Used to improve health and fitness in a range of ways
- Can be adapted to suit
cardiovascular fitness by
changing the period lengths
- Cross Training
- Uses a combination
of training methods
to achieve a range of
fitness benefits.
- Benefits
- Helps sportspeople who take part in many activities.
- Helps sportspeople whose sport is made up of many events
- Improves all round fitness
- Variety of training maintains motivation levels
- Weight Training
- A form of interval training with the use of weights
to complete a certain number of reps and sets.
Can be carried out by using machines and free
weights. Muscle groups can be targeted with the
use of certain exercises.
- Benefits
- Improves strength by using low reps and high weights.
- Improves muscular endurance by using high reps and low weights
- Fartlek Training
- A form of continuous training
with variations to the terrain
and pace. These changes will
result in the performer having
to work both aerobically and
anaerobically.
- Benefits
- Improves cardiovascular fitness
- Improves muscular endurance
- Pace change allows time for breaks,
enabling maximal performance
- Continuous Training
- Long, fairly low intensity
training sessions which are
usually over 20 minutes without
a break.
- Benefits
- Improves cardiovascular fitness
- Improves muscular endurance
- Circuit Training
- A chain of different exercise
stations which can be adapted
to suit the needs of the
performer. Adaptations
enables aerobic and anaerobic
activity.
- Benefits
- Can be changed in many ways
to suit the performer's needs
- improves a wide range of
components of fitness based on
the chosen activites