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Physical Education
AQA GCSE Physical Education
Human body and movement in sport
Physical training
Principles of training and overload

AQA GCSE Physical Education · 8582

Principles of training and overload

3.1.3.3 The principles of training and their application to personal exercise/training programmes

What you need to know

Understand the key principles of training using the SPORT acronym: specificity, progressive overload, reversibility, and tedium.
Understand the key principles of overload using the FITT acronym: frequency, intensity, time, and type.

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