Thursday, August 29, 2013

What I think about the Principles

My mentor, Mr Miller, asked me to answer these questions about the principles:

  • Which principle makes the most sense to you? Why?
The Overload Principle. Because sometimes when I do a new exercise or physical activity, I get tired really fast. But the next time I try it, I can do it better than I had before. This princinple explained to em what was happening when I tried out a new physical activity.

  • Which principle makes the least sense to you? Why?
They all make sense to me. They all fit into my idea of being healthy and fit and not overworking yourself.
  • Which principle do you think is the most important? Why?
The FITT Principle. Because without those tips or information I probably would not know how to exercise properly. I also want to say that all of the principles sort of tie into each other, so they're all equally important.
  • Explain the GAS concept.
GAS stands for General Adaption Syndrome, which everyone has. When you try a new physical activity it goes through 3 phases. The first one is the alarm phase where the body feels sore or tired. The second phase is resistance, in which the body adapts to the new activity. The final and third phase is exhaustion in the body. This phase happens when there is too much training and stress, so it is preventable.

  • What are the 3 energy systems that your body runs on? Explain each system.
Phosphagen, glycolytic, and oxidative. The phosphagen energy is used for high-intensity moments usually lasting 10-15 sec, and is working at the beginning of any exercise. Glycolytic energy works when there is a medium-intensity moment usually lasting 15 sec–3 min. The oxidative energy is used for low-intensity moments longer than 3 min, and is also used when recovering or healing. All three energies usually overlap each other, and no one energy is used alone.
  • Why is it important to consider rest as an important part of training?
Without rest your body could be overworked and exhaustion could be the result, as well as damaged muscles or body parts.
  • Explain the FITT Principle as if you are explaining it to someone who is unfamiliar with exercise terminology.
My explanation in previous blog post for the FITT principle should be liable for people without technology as well.
  • Explain the 'overtraining syndrome.'
During recovery from overworking your body, you usually lose some of your usual performance strength.
  • Why is specificity important in a training regimen?
From the "Role of Progressive Overload in Sports Conditioning" articles, it says "Your needs analysis must look at what are the attributes of the movements that encompass the sport (e.g. strength, power, speed, endurance, etc) and what muscles are involved in these movements." Basically, the muscles that you use solely for your sport, you should focus on training them. But still have diversity in your workout.

Principles of Being Fit

Today I had to learn different principles of being fit, and how to keep myself from overexercising and exhaustion. I read about an article that had 5 different principles:

1. The Overload (or Progressive) principle. This principle means that when you put more stress on your body, or doing more physical activity than your body is used to, your body automatically adapts and is prepared for the next time you push your body.

2. The FITT Principle. This stands for Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type. You need to exercise at least three times a week to see any results for your exercising. You want to keep your intensity high or low depending on your goals for fitness (if your training is for short, high intensity moments, or slow, low-intensity sessions). For time you usually want to do shorter sessions for high-intensity and longer session for low-intensity. To keep your body from overworking the same muscles do different types of workouts. Aerobic, anaerobic, cardio, strengthening, or endurance.

3. The Specificity Principle. This principle means to gear your exercises towards the goal you have. If you are trying to work on how strong your arms are, you probably want to work on training your biceps and triceps and strengthening exercises. If you just simply want to be healthy, focus on diverse exercises and a good diet.

4. Rest and Recovery Principle. This principle means to give your muscles a chance to relax and re-boost every so often. Make sure you're not working on the same muscle more than two days in a row.

5. Use and Lose. This means simply that when you use your muscles they strengthen and grow, but when you have a lack of use, you lose your strength and growth.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Tested

Today I was tested on how well I knew the correct information about being fit. There were 15 questions, and I got 13 correct. (84%) This makes me happy that I at least know about exercise, even though I haven't done exercise very often.

Other benefits from exercising that are very helpful to me is strengthening my core, making me feel happy and fit, and giving me energy to go through my day. Hope all of these will help me with the coming game.


Monday, August 26, 2013

Picked As Tribute

Greetings. My name is Kaleigh Nicole Smith, and I have been picked as tribute for the Hunger Games. Before I continue I would like to tell you about myself.

I love singing, writing, reading, dancing, music, art, and science. But one thing I don't like as much is doing exercise. My trainer, Mr Miller, will help me change that as soon as he can. I hope that I can be as fit as possible and be ready when my trials to come. I am excited to finally do some exercising.

I've never really done exercising before because I've always been afraid I would look weird or I couldn't do it. But now, facing the situation at hand, I need to push myself and get out of my comfort zone.

I consider myself to be fit, but not as well as I should be. I tried once in the past to do exercise and be fit, but my commitment wasn't there and so it fell flat. I enjoy doing mostly any kind of exercise, even if it is hard, because I know it is helping me become healthy. I might not like the exercise, but I can't hate what is making me better, it just isn't in my personality. One positive experience with fitness I've had was being happy and feeling great after I have exercised. I've always noticed that when I am done exercising or doing physical activity I've always felt better afterward, never worse. One negative experience I've had with exercise are my bad knees, I have to pay attention very closely when we do squats and punches to make sure I am using muscles instead of my knees, because if I don't, they'll get worse. They are slowly becoming better, though.

So, good luck to me and my trainer to get prepared for the games.

Signed,
Kaleigh Smith
Picked as Tribute