Reversibility means that if you stop training or reduce the amount of training you do, the fitness and strength gained will be rapidly lost. Muscles that grew larger due to weight training will slowly atrophy, and strength will decrease.
a) Specificity: The training should be specially designed to improve rowing performance over the 2000 m distance – much of the training will therefore be done on the water or rowing machine, with only a small amount of other activities like weight training. Training will concentrate on 2000 m pace, rather than sprint rowing or very long distance rowing.b) Progression: Training will start at a level appropriate to the fitness of the individual and gradually get harder as the race approaches. The rower may train for longer or at a faster pace. Harder skills like starting may be introduced.
a) Exercise bike is the most appropriate cardiovascular machine to use.b) This relates to the principle of specificity.
Progression – she trained once a week at first and has progressed to three times a week.Tedium – she uses a couple of different methods of training.Specificity – she focuses on tasks appropriate to her activity.Overload – she increases the work she does when it gets too easy so that overload is always achieved.