If you are on your own and want to be a step ahead of those around you then read and understand these principles and apply them to your training. The 7 Laws of Fitness are considered the “Granddaddy” Laws and should be understood by all Fitness Trainers when creating a training program for their clients. This will cause your muscles to adapt to the heavier weight in order to reach its new normal. There must be an overload placed on the body above what it can normally handle. This is why it also so important to understand the Overload Principle as well. If the stress is more or heavier than what the body is used to it will cause your homeostasis to change. If that stress is an amount that the body is used to then it will return to where it was prior to the exercise. After a hard workout your body tries to get back to homeostasis or normal.ĭuring this process your body ‘Overcompensates’ for the amount of resistance used and will react by building more muscle to handle the stress (stimulus) that is placed on it so that it can handle the next bout. When you are training and you add resistance (weights) your body fatigues and muscle breaks down. The stimulus is the resistance or weight that you are using. The straight line in the middle is your body in Homeostasis. The graph below shows how the Overcompensation Principle works. This holds true when it comes to exercise recovery or building muscle. Your body will always do more than is needed to get you as back to normal as quickly as it can. Another example may be calluses that build up after a long day of yard work.Īny time the body is injured it will ‘overcompensate’ and create more skin over the injured area than is needed. When that wound healed you probably noticed that the new skin seemed to ‘pile’ up and cause an odd sort of mound over the area that was wounded. An easy way to understand this law is to think of the last time you may have had a wound of some sort. In this article I am going to discuss the Overload Principle. These 7 Laws include: The Principle of Individual Differences, The Principle of Overcompensation, The Overload Principle, The Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID), The General Adaptation Principle (GAS), The Use/Disuse Principal, and the Specificity principle. If you, or your trainer, do not know or understand each of these principles then you need to study them or fire your trainer. As a Fitness Trainer you should have a solid understanding of the 7 Laws of Training.
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