Training Principles for Optimal Physical Condition

Principles of Training

The capabilities we all possess are capable of being improved by training. A training system has to be customized based on the needs and requirements of each individual.

Organic Adaptation

The adaptation mechanisms that training produces in the human body will result from the cause-effect relationship between physical stimuli and the response each of us is capable of giving to these stimuli, as a function of their nature and their genetic characteristics.

Adaptation is the functional and morphological modification that occurs progressively in our body due to the application of training loads or simply due to adaptation to the environment in which we live.

The training principles are the guidelines to be followed for the equipment and systems of our organism to adapt appropriately to physical effort, thus helping to obtain better physical condition.

1. Principle of Adaptation

The body is capable of withstanding physical exercise and practice. The physical efforts to which it is accustomed cause a series of physiological changes in the human body's organ systems. After exercising, the body undergoes wear that causes a momentary decrease in physical level. This is fatigue. The human body recovers and reaches a new level, achieving overcompensation and adaptation.

2. Principle of Progression

The capacity of the human body is to support progressively greater efforts. It is increasingly necessary to progressively increase physical exercises in order to link all the compensations produced and get a solid adaptation.

• The total volume of exercise: The amount practiced.
• The intensity: The relationship between the level of work performed and the maximum possible value.
• The load: The result of the product between the volume and intensity of physical exercise.

3. Principle of Continuity

You have to practice physical exercise as often as necessary to harness the positive effects of overcompensation.

Resting too many days after the last training means losing the positive effects of overcompensation that we had acquired.

4. Principle of Alternation

In the planning of training, workloads must succeed alternately.

We combine the training of different physical qualities, respecting their recovery periods. Rest is essential for the organism to recover from the fatigue associated with the physical activity just completed.

"Speed and strength in 24 hours, aerobic endurance and strength-endurance in 48-72 hours, anaerobic endurance in 72 hours, flexibility in 7-10 hours, competition in 72 hours."