THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING AND NUTRITION

Skill development is enhanced through practice and instruction or coaching. Success in lots of sports is directly related to fitness levels, achieved by sport-specific training. For example, to be successful, competitive distance runners must have a high level of cardiovascular fitness, which is developed through following a rigorous jogging training program.



Training: A planned program of exercise with the objective of improving or maintaining athletic performance.


Sports nutrition: The application of nutrition & exercise physiology principles to support & enhance training.


Energy: The capacity to do work. In the context of dietary intake, defined as the caloric content of a food or beverage.


Aerobic: “With oxygen.” Used in reference to exercise that primarily makes use of the oxygen-dependent energy method, oxidative phosphorylation.


Anaerobic: “Without oxygen.” Used in reference to exercise that primarily makes use of or both of the energy systems that are not dependent on oxygen, creatine phosphate or anaerobic glycolysis.


Intensity: The absolute or relative difficulty of physical activity or exercise.


Cardiovascular fitness: Ability to perform endurance-type activities, determined by the heart’s ability to provide a sufficient amount

of oxygen-laden blood to exercising muscles and the ability of those muscles to take up and use the oxygen.

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