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Principles of Training

Eleventh graders learn the science behind getting fitter — overload, progression, specificity, recovery, and reversibility. These principles explain why a smart plan works and a random one does not. They match each principle to its meaning, then apply them to a workout.

Grade 11Principles of Training45 minutes1 class periodSHAPEExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name the training principles.
  • ✓Match each to its meaning.
  • ✓Apply overload & progression.
  • ✓Plan smarter.
Essential Question

What principles make a training plan actually work?

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Interactive Task
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Match the Training Principle

Project this and match each principle to what it means — tap the principle, then tap the meaning.

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The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Why Some Plans Work

5 min

Why does lifting the same light weight forever stop helping?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pose the question.
  • Ask what would help.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Training Principles

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Training Principle.
  • Match each one.
  • Note overload & progression.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Add overload to a move.
  • Progress it gradually.
  • Name a recovery day.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Overload.
  • Progress.
  • Rest.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Apply the principles to a workout.
  • Add progression over 4 weeks.
  • Schedule recovery.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Apply.
  • Progress.
  • Schedule.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a principle.
  • Say what overload means.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.

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PE.3

Apply training principles to improve fitness.

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PE.2

Use concepts to design training.

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HE.1

Explain how the body adapts to training.

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HE.7

Practice safe, progressive training.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Principle cards with examples.
  • Frame: "___ means ___."
  • Use workout examples.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with overload & recovery.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Use examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Design a 4-week progression.
  • Explain reversibility.
  • Apply specificity to a sport.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 💪Principle cards
  • 💻Match the Training Principle
  • 📋Workout planner
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

overloaddoing more than usual to improveprogressionincreasing gradually over timespecificitytraining the exact system you wantrecoveryrest for repair and growthreversibilitylosing fitness if you stopadaptationhow the body gets strongerintensityhow hard you trainFITTfrequency, intensity, time, type
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What does overload mean?
Doing a bit more than usual to improve.
QUESTION 2
What does progression mean?
Increasing the challenge gradually over time.
QUESTION 3
What is reversibility?
Losing fitness if you stop — use it or lose it.

Cool-down: principles of training.

Have students apply the principles to design a 4-week progression. A printable training-principles sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: adaptation, FITT, intensity, overload, progression, recovery, reversibility, specificity
  1. frequency, intensity, time, type
  2. rest for repair and growth
  3. increasing gradually over time
  4. doing more than usual to improve
  5. losing fitness if you stop
  6. how the body gets stronger
  7. how hard you train
  8. training the exact system you want

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does overload mean?
  2. What does progression mean?
  3. What is reversibility?
Answer key — Part A: 1) FITT · 2) recovery · 3) progression · 4) overload · 5) reversibility · 6) adaptation · 7) intensity · 8) specificity
Part B: 1) Doing a bit more than usual to improve. 2) Increasing the challenge gradually over time. 3) Losing fitness if you stop — use it or lose it.