Fitness Components
This fitness component is the ability of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen to working muscles.
What is cardiovascular endurance?
This training method involves exercising continuously for at least 20 minutes without rest.
What is continuous training?
This principle states that training should match the demands of your sport or fitness goal.
What is specificity?
This nutrient is the body's preferred source of energy during exercise.
What are carbohydrates?
This energy system provides energy for short, explosive activities lasting up to approximately 10 seconds.
What is the ATP-PC system?
This fitness component refers to the maximum force a muscle can produce in a single effort.
What is muscular strength?
Short bursts of maximum effort followed by recovery periods describe this training method.
What is HIIT
Gradually making a workout harder over time describes this training principle.
What is progressive overload?
This nutrient is most important for repairing and building muscles.
What is protein?
This energy system is the body's preferred source of energy during activities lasting longer than two minutes.
What is the aerobic energy system?
A basketball player quickly changes direction to avoid a defender using this fitness component.
What is agility?
Known as "speed play," this training method varies pace and intensity throughout a session.
What is Fartlek training
This principle helps prevent boredom by changing activities and workouts.
What is variety?
These two words are represented by the abbreviation "GI."
What is Glycaemic Index?
This energy system produces energy quickly without oxygen and is dominant during activities lasting approximately 10 seconds to 2 minutes.
What is anaerobic glycolysis?
This fitness component combines strength and speed to create explosive movement.
What is power?
Box jumps and bounding exercises are examples of this training method.
What is plyometric training?
This principle allows the body time to repair and adapt after exercise.
What is recovery?
This type of carbohydrate provides energy quickly before exercise.
What is a high GI carbohydrate?
A 100-metre sprint relies primarily on this energy system.
What is the ATP-PC system?
Completing 50 push-ups without stopping demonstrates this fitness component.
What is muscular endurance?
An AFL midfielder wanting both endurance and repeated bursts of speed would benefit from these two training methods.
What are continuous training and Fartlek training?
Leo runs 5km every day to improve high jump performance and never rests. These two training principles are being ignored.
What are specificity and recovery?
A basketball player eats a chocolate bar 2 hours before a game and experiences an energy crash during the second half. Choosing this type of carbohydrate instead may have provided a more sustained release of energy.
What are low GI carbohydrates?
A soccer midfielder completes a 90-minute match involving jogging, sprinting, walking and changing direction. Although all three systems contribute, this energy system would be dominant for most of the game.
What is the aerobic energy system?