Question 1
What is the name of the stress theory that periodization is traced to?
ANSWER
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Question 2
What are the 3 phases of GAS?
ANSWER
Alarm stage, Resistance stage, Exhaustion stage
Question 3
What happens in the alarm stage of GAS?
ANSWER
The body perceives stress and triggers the fight-or-flight response.
Question 4
What happens in the resistance stage of GAS?
ANSWER
The body adapts through supercompensation.
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, Question 5
What happens in the exhaustion stage of GAS?
ANSWER
The stress becomes too great; resources are depleted.
Question 6
What does 'supercompensation' mean in training?
ANSWER
The body adapts to a stressor and rebounds to a higher level of performance.
Question 7
What happens if too much recovery occurs between workouts according to the 'sum of
training effect' concept?
ANSWER
Minimal improvement because the training effects don't build on each other.
Question 8
What happens if the training stimulus is insufficient according to the 'sum of training effect'
concept?
ANSWER
Minimal improvement because the body isn't challenged enough to adapt.
Question 9
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What is the name of the stress theory that periodization is traced to?
ANSWER
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Question 2
What are the 3 phases of GAS?
ANSWER
Alarm stage, Resistance stage, Exhaustion stage
Question 3
What happens in the alarm stage of GAS?
ANSWER
The body perceives stress and triggers the fight-or-flight response.
Question 4
What happens in the resistance stage of GAS?
ANSWER
The body adapts through supercompensation.
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, Question 5
What happens in the exhaustion stage of GAS?
ANSWER
The stress becomes too great; resources are depleted.
Question 6
What does 'supercompensation' mean in training?
ANSWER
The body adapts to a stressor and rebounds to a higher level of performance.
Question 7
What happens if too much recovery occurs between workouts according to the 'sum of
training effect' concept?
ANSWER
Minimal improvement because the training effects don't build on each other.
Question 8
What happens if the training stimulus is insufficient according to the 'sum of training effect'
concept?
ANSWER
Minimal improvement because the body isn't challenged enough to adapt.
Question 9
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