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  2. Progressive overload - Wikipedia

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    Progressive overload is a method of strength training and hypertrophy training that advocates for the gradual increase of the stress placed upon the musculoskeletal and nervous system. [1] The principle of progressive overload suggests that the continual increase in the total workload during training sessions will stimulate muscle growth and ...

  3. Sports periodization - Wikipedia

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    The roots of periodization come from Hans Selye's model, known as the General adaptation syndrome (GAS). The GAS describes three basic stages of response to stress: (a) the Alarm stage, involving the initial shock of the stimulus on the system, (b) the Resistance stage, involving the adaptation to the stimulus by the system, and (c) the Exhaustion stage, in that repairs are inadequate, and a ...

  4. Power training - Wikipedia

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    As such, unilateral training may be used to correct or avoid excessive strength imbalances between the limbs and reduce the risk of injury. [15] Due to the high transferability of the benefits of unilateral training to running, which itself is a unilateral exercise, it features frequently in sports training. [16]

  5. High-intensity, low-impact training (HILIT) is gentle on ...

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    High-intensity interval training (low impact or otherwise) increases the amount of oxygen your heart is able to pump throughout your body, per the Mayo Clinic. This is otherwise known as your VO2 ...

  6. Supercompensation - Wikipedia

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    Initial fitness, training, recovery, and supercompensation. First put forth by Russian scientist Nikolai N. Yakovlev in 1949–1959, [2] this theory is a basic principle of athletic training. The fitness level of a human body in training can be broken down into four periods: initial fitness, training, recovery, and supercompensation. During the ...

  7. Circuit training - Wikipedia

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    Circuit training is a form of body conditioning that involves endurance training, resistance training, high-intensity aerobics, and exercises performed in a circuit, similar to high-intensity interval training. It targets strength building and muscular endurance. An exercise "circuit" is one completion of all set exercises in the program.

  8. High-intensity training - Wikipedia

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    As a result, high-intensity workouts are generally kept brief. After a high-intensity workout, as with any workout, the body requires time to recover and produce the responses stimulated during the workout, so there is more emphasis on rest and recovery in the HIT philosophy than in most other weight training methods.

  9. Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield says Tom Brady created 'high ...

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    The Bucs signed him for a bargain, and he went out and posted a career-high 4,044 passing yards and 28 passing touchdowns. Mayfield has brought a new authentic energy to the franchise that didn't ...