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GCSE Physical Education · key term
Periods of hard exercise interspersed with periods of rest or low-intensity exercise.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1
Revise: Types of training methodsInterval training alternates periods of hard exercise with periods of rest or low-intensity exercise. A session could use repeated fast runs, with walking recovery between them. Recovery allows the performer to repeat work at an intensity they could not maintain continuously.
Paper 1
Training that alternates periods of work with periods of rest or recovery.
Revise: FITT and types of trainingInterval training alternates periods of work with periods of rest or recovery. Recovery can mean stopping, or performing easier activity such as walking or jogging. It allows the performer to repeat demanding efforts.
Describe fartlek using changes in speed, terrain and work:recovery ratios; interval training has distinct hard-work and recovery periods.
Distinguish continuous training’s steady pace, fartlek’s changing pace and interval training’s planned work and recovery periods.
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