Training Guidelines - Prodigy Athletics CTE2000E Owner's Manual

TRAINING GUIDELINES

Exercise
Exercise is one of the most important factors in
the overall health of an individual. Listed among
its benefits are:
• Increased capacity for physical work (strength
endurance).
• Increased cardiovascular (heart and arteries/
veins) and respiratory efficiency.
• Decreased risk of coronary heart disease.
• Changes in body metabolism, e.g. losing
weight.
• Delaying the physiological effects of age.
• Psychological effects, e.g. reduction in stress,
increase in self-confidence, etc.
Your Prodigy Bike
opportunity for a high level of overall fitness.
Basic Components of Physical Fitness
There are four all encompassing components
of physical fitness and we need to briefly define
each and clarify Its role.
Strength is the capacity of a muscle to exert a
force against rseistance. Strength contributes to
power and speed and Is of great importance to a
majority of sports people.
Muscular Endurance is the capacity to exert a
force repeatedly over a period of time, e.g. It
is the capacity of your legs to carry you 10 Km
without stopping.
Flexibility is the range of motion about a joint.
Improving flexibility involves the stretching of
muscles and tendons to maintain or increase
suppleness, and provides increased resistance
to muscle injury or soreness.
Cardio-Respiratory Endurance is the most
essential component of physical fitness. It is the
efficient functioning of the heart and lungs.
Model CTE2000E Children's Circuit Training & Spinning Combo Bike
provides an excellent
Aerobic Fitness
The largest amount of oxygen that you can
use per minute during exercise is called your
maximum oxygen uptake (MV02), This Is often
referred to as your aerobic capacity.
The effort that you can exert over a prolonged
period of time is limited by your ability to deliver
oxygen to the working muscles. Regular vigorous
exercise produces a training effect that can
increase your aerobic capacity by as much as 20
to 30%. An Increased MV02 indicates an
increased ability of the heart to pump blood, of
the lungs to ventilate oxygen and of the muscles
to take up oxygen.
Anaerobic Training
This means "without oxygen" and is the output of
energy when the oxygen supply is insufficient to
meet the body's long term energy demands (For
example, 100 meter sprint).
The Training Threshold
This is the minimum level of exercise which is
required to produce significant improvements in
any physical fitness parameter.
Progression
As you become fitter, a higher Intensity of exercise
is required to create an overload and therefore
provide continued improvement.
Overload
This is where you exercise at a level above
that which can be carried out comfortably. The
intensity, duration and frequency of exercise
should be above the training threshold and
should be gradually increased as the body
adapts to the increasing demands. As your
fitness level improves, so the training threshold
should be raised. Working through your program
and gradually increasing the overload factor is
important.
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