Principles of Training

I had to choose principles of training that if I applied them correctly I would see benefit in my training. I had to ensure that I trained frequently or my previous training sessions would be a waste of time and it would be like starting over each time I went to the gym. I had to make sure I trained at a good level of intensity or it would all be pointless. I tried to make sure that I was always at an RPE of around 7 but it would often dip below this as I wasn’t putting in the effort I should have been. I had to make sure I trained for the right length of time. If I did too little I wouldn’t get any benefits from it and if I trained for too long I would burn out and take longer to recover. I also had to make sure the training that I was doing was relative to my challenge. Often when I was at the gym I would be ding cardio work but generally on the bike rather than the rowing machine. This was because I enjoyed sitting on the bike and going for 30 minutes rather than using the rower and getting a sore bum. I don’t think the training I did was specific enough for my challenge and this would have affected my time that I completed my challenge in. I wanted to put variety in my training so I didn’t get bored quickly but I didn’t do this successfully as I got bored of going to the gym after about 3 weeks. I tried to mix it up but I was unsuccessful at this and just returned to doing the same thing over and over. I wanted to make my training individual to me but I was often just doing what the girls were doing as it was easier to do that then think up something for myself. I wanted to see progressive overload in my training and then in my graphs but I didn’t see this because I didn’t go to the gym often enough and train hard enough or for ling enough to see it. This was rather disappointing. 

This is a short video of me doing some weights at the gym in on of my first weights sessions...