Health, fitness and training principles
Learn Health, fitness and training principles for Years 7–9 pupils (ages 11–14). Free practice questions, lessons and worked examples — aligned to the UK National Curriculum.
What you'll learn
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Fitness has components: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, speed and body composition.
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Training follows SPORT: Specificity, Progression, Overload, Reversibility, Tedium.
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What does the R in SPORT stand for?
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Reversibility means fitness is lost if you stop training. Progress must also be gradual — increasing too fast causes injury.
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Regular exercise strengthens the heart, so it pumps more blood per beat. That is why a fitter person has a LOWER resting heart rate.
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What usually happens to resting heart rate as fitness improves?
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Why warm up before exercise?
Practise Health, fitness and training principles with Whizlo
Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 11–14. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.