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- Year 8
Apply the basic principles of training to your circuit
I can apply the principles of training to my circuit.
- Year 8
Apply the basic principles of training to your circuit
I can apply the principles of training to my circuit.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: a full circuit training session is completed with good technique and full range of movement at the joints.
- Think: progressive overload is incorporated into each station by increasing the reps or decreasing the rest interval.
- Think: adaptations occur as a result of regular training, however if training stops, reversibility will occur.
- Feel: to keep working when progressive overload has been applied to the circuit requires increased resilience.
- Connect: being an effective gym buddy involves supportive feedback on technique and setting targets.
Keywords
Progressive - gradual increase in the intensity or amount of exercise
Overload - increasing the level of stress placed upon the body during exercise so fitness gains occur, but without potential for injury
Reversibility - losing fitness levels when exercise is stopped (e.g. due to an injury)
Common misconception
Pupils think that body adaptations will occur and stay from training only once.
Body adaptations like stronger muscles or better endurance don’t happen after just one training session. To see improvements, you need to train regularly. If you stop training, your body can start to lose those gains – this is called reversibility.
To help you plan your year 8 physical education lesson on: Apply the basic principles of training to your circuit, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 8 physical education lesson on: Apply the basic principles of training to your circuit, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
Explore more key stage 3 physical education lessons from the Health and wellbeing: long term benefits of physical activity through circuits unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
30+ cones, 10+ mats, 1 stopwatch per pair and other optional sports equipment (depending what you have availble).
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
