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Fitness & Toning

Many people wish to improve their general fitness or tone their existing physique. Any training programme should take into account individual differences. Your training goals should be clearly understood. Your current activity level must be assessed and initial fitness testing maybe appropriate. The training programme should be specific and relevant to the appropriate needs of the activity or type of sport involved. Muscle groups and actions involved in the training should be as specific as possible. However a good general fitness is required before this approach can be taken. fitness.uk.net use the following principles with fitness & toning training:

• Overload - To increase fitness the body should be worked harder than normal so the body has to adapt

• Progression - Exercise should become progressively more difficult

• Reversibility - Performance can regress if training stops

• Variance - variety in training is used to motivate and avoid injury

Methods of Fitness Training

• Aerobic - Aerobic training can be improved through continuous steady state training exercising between 60-80% of your maximal heart rate.

• Anaerobic  - this training involves high intensity work, at your maximal heart rate or higher.  

Your maximal heart rate is worked out by subtracting your age from 220.

fitness.uk.net can work with you to create a specific diet and programme which will improve your fitness levels  or level of body tone to help you achieve your goals.

fitness.uk.net advises that fitness and toning trainers follow the WABBA workload in their programmes:

• Use 50% of your 1 rep maximum weight

• Use 2/3 sets (beginner/intermediate)

• Use a 12/15 rep range (beginner/intermediate)

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