The FITT Acronym and the Principals
Storyboard Text
- FrequencyIntensityTimeType
- The FITT Acronym and the Principles
- Principles of...ProgressionSpecificityOverload
- By M. Tabije
- In this storyboard, I'll be touching on the FITT Acronym and the principal's to fitness.
- In the previous week, I talked about cardiovascular, resistance, and flexibility training and good tips on how to improve these skills.
- Frequency: "...how often a person performs the targeted health-related physical activity."Intensity: "...how hard a person exercises..."Time: "...the length of the physical activity."Type: "...the specific physical activity chosen to improve a component of health-related fitness."
- The FITT Acronym
- These 4 things are applied to a recommended workout. This can also be applied to a person's recommended amount of execise, which can be affected by several different factors.
- Info herehttp://www.utm.edu/staff/annetter/class/FITT.pdf
- Without changing your workout, said workout will feel too easy. By modifiying it, this helps to improve your fitness level. "When a workout starts to feel too easy, this is an indication that it is time to progress your workout in some way."
- Principle of Progression
- The principle of slowly changing/increasing your workout.
- https://ccsd.instructure.com/courses/1421331/pages/m3-lesson-6-important-fitness-principles?module_item_id=23267931
- "In order to improve a specific body part or skill, you must train that specific muscle or skill."
- https://ccsd.instructure.com/courses/1421331/pages/m3-lesson-6-important-fitness-principles?module_item_id=23267931
- Principle of Specificity
- This principal states that you need to work on a specific body part/skill in order to improve it. If not, then the skill/body part won't improve and could get worse.
- However, you shouldn't put a ton of stress immediatly on your body, this causes you to tire out and likely pass out from exhaustion.
- Similar to progression, the principle of overload is where you gradually increase the stress on your body in order to get more physically fit.
- "For example, in order to see improvements in strength from lifting weights, you must gradually increase the amount of weight you are lifting."
- Principle of Overload
- https://ccsd.instructure.com/courses/1421331/pages/m3-lesson-6-important-fitness-principles?module_item_id=23267931
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