NUTRITION
NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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Question
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The best description of the Overload Principle is ____
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Asking or requiring your body to do more than it normally does.
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Backing off after doing too much physical activity so that you don’t injure yourself.
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Doing too much physical activity and causing injury to yourself.
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All these answers are correct.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -For example: let’s say you’re doing three sets of eight reps of bicep curls with 10lb dumbbells. When overloading the following week, jumping to 15lb dumbbells would be a 50% jump in weight–which is too much to overload. Instead, overload by increasing the number of reps or sets.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overload, the second important principle, means that to improve any aspect of physical fitness the individual must continually increase the demands placed on the appropriate body systems. For example, to develop strength, progressively heavier objects must be lifted.
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