Fitness Training Programme
I will be taking part in a fitness training programme to try and
improve my hockey skills and overall fitness. By using this circuit,
I can observe how my fitness improves throughout the programme. This
is important as I need to know whether or not the test is working and
how I could change it accordingly if it wasn’t helping me to progress
in my chosen activity. I will perform these tests once a week over a
period of 8–10 weeks to find these results and thus my progress.
Hopefully, I will also be able to build up my stamina. I will know if
this happens as I will be able to perform a larger amount of exercise
at each station. I will be required to measure my resting pulse rate
then after all of the stations have been completed; I will need to
take my pulse again every 1 minute until it is back to my resting
heart rate. My pulse rate all depends on my aerobic capacity. The
greater my capacity is, the lower my pulse rate will be at the end of
exercise. Also, it will return to normal more quickly.
The type of training I will be doing is called to circuit training,
which is designed for a specific sport, in my case hockey. I have 8
stations where I will exercise and practise new skills. I will carry
out a different exercise at each station for 30 seconds. Circuit
training will improve my muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance,
aerobic fitness, muscular strength, and my speed and agility. It is
important that each station works a different muscle group so that one
group does not get over worked and cause damage. Circuit training is
a training method which I feel will prove very good on improving my
endurance and stamina. In the fitness tests I expect there will be a
lot of difference when it comes to things like strength testing
because of the gender related hormones produced by different sexes.