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Exam skills - physical training

Questions

  1. Identify which of these fitness tests can be used to measure flexibility.
    • A) 12 minute Cooper run
    • B) Harvard Step test
    • C) sit and reach test
    • D) vertical jump
  2. Identify the correct principle of training to each description. (3)
    • session duration
    • how many times a week/month a person trains
    • how hard a person trains
  3. Explain what would happen if a person did not schedule a rest day into their training programme. (3)

Answers

  1. C
    • How long the session lasts = Time
    • How many times a week/month a person trains = Frequency
    • How hard a person trains = Intensity
  2. A rest day is required for the body to adapt to the training (1). If the person did not have a rest day their fitness would not improve as their body would not have time to adapt. (1). There would be the possibility of developing an overuse injury such as a muscle strain. (1)

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