Fitness and Health

Running the Bases
Running is a popular pastime many people follow in their pursuit of fitness. You don't have to be an elite or competitive runner to take advantage of a very simple, yet highly productive, technique for improving your running skills. The method is known as 'base building' and will help you improve your running ability using some very simple tools and minimal effort.
Tuesday, December 05 - 2006 at 09:51 |

Specificity
Specificity is the final law of training. Specificity states that your training should move from general to highly specific training. It also dictates that in order to improve a particular skill, you must perform that exact skill.
Tuesday, November 28 - 2006 at 14:37 |

Because I SAID so
Specific adaptation to imposed demands is referred to as the SAID principle. This important principle relates to how the body responds to training. This principle is important to understand how the benefits from various types of training will vary, and why it is sometimes necessary to change your training routine.
Monday, November 20 - 2006 at 14:41 |

Overload
The goal of training is to create what is known as the 'training effect,' or the collective changes to the various systems and organs of the body caused by training. The training effect is created through a process of overload. All of the seven laws of training are important, but if there were a foundation law, the overload principle would be it. There is no way to advance your training without overload.
Monday, November 13 - 2006 at 09:54 |

Use It or Lose It
You must overload your body's systems to improve your training ability. However, chronic overloading can lead to overtraining, exhaustion, and injury. Building rest into training is therefore also important, but how much rest is too much? The use/disuse principle explains how to balance this factor of training.
Monday, November 06 - 2006 at 09:54 |

Sounding the Alarm
The GAS principle stands for General Adaptation Syndrome. It describes the body's reaction to stress. The body goes through three distinct stages of alarm, resistance or adaptation, and finally exhaustion. Understanding this principle is the key to creating an effective training program.
Monday, October 30 - 2006 at 07:28 |

Overcompensation
Have you ever had a cut that 'healed' into a scar? Have you ever found that your hands or feet form calluses from friction - either after running or handling tools or moving heavy furniture? Both of these are examples of the overcompensation principle.
Sunday, October 22 - 2006 at 11:11 |

The Law of Individual Differences
The law of individual differences states simply that everyone is different. Therefore, the training program that each person follows should also be different. This goes against the mainstream belief that you can pull a 'winning workout' from the latest magazine and achieve stellar results (in as little time as possible).
Wednesday, October 18 - 2006 at 12:36 |