ADAPTION TO PHYSICAL TRAINING: Adaptation is the way the body programs muscles to remember particular activities, movements or skills. By repeating that skill or activity, the body adapts to the stress and the skill becomes easier to perform. The Principle of Adaptation explains why a beginning exercisers are often sore after starting a new routine, but after doing the same exercise for weeks and months the athlete has little, if any, muscle soreness. This also explains the need to vary the routine and continue to apply the Overload Principle if continued improvement is desired. THE OVERLOAD PRINCIPLE: The principle of overload states that a greater than normal stress or load on the body is required for training adaptation to take place. The body will adapt to this stimulus. Once the body has adapted then a different stimulus is required to continue the change. In order for a muscle (including the heart) to increase strength, it must be gradually stressed by working against a load greater than it is used to. To increase endurance, muscles must work for a longer period of time than they are used to. If this stress is removed or decreased there will be a decrease in that particular component of fitness. A normal amount of exercise will maintain the current fitness level. We do not encourage you to run faster, lift heavier, try a different colour pull up band or anything else just because we are mean!! We do it because we WANT you to achieve youre goals. IF YOU WANT TO GET FITTER AND STRONGER IN THE GYM AND IN LIFE THEN YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO PUSH YOURE BODY AND MIND TO THE NEXT LEVEL. YOU HAVE TO TRY SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVENT DONE BEFORE. THE BODY WILL LEARN TO ADAPT TO ANYTHING (WELL MOST THINGS)........SO YOU CHOOSE IF YOU WANT TO BE STRONGER, FITTER AND FASTER! blazefit.au
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