Training Principles
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 9:20 am
What are the training principles in resistance training?
Clinic notes presented by National Strength and Conditioning Association. "Training Principles" by Michael H. Stone who is an internationally known expert in resistance training.
Dr. Stone discussed Training Principles:
The basic training principles are overload, variation and specificity. Overload is concerned with supplying a stimulus to which the organism is not accustom such that adaptation occurs. For athletic training the overload is concerned with training volume, exercise and training intensity.
Variation is important for the reduction of overtraining potential and to increase the potential of peaking at the appropriate time. The variation must include training volume, exercise and training intensity and exercise selection.
Specificity is the most important of these training principles. To an extent some athletes can violate the first two principles and still make some progress because of their genetic makeup. However, to violate specificity will evenually result in decrease performance. Specificity is concerned with training the appropriate bioenergetic and metabolic systems and with training the appropriate movement characteristics (i.e. kinetics and kinematics). In strength\power sports particular attention must be paid to the kinetics and kinematics of training.
More notes forthcoming.
Coach George Payan