KS4 · Physical education · Year 11
The dangers of overtraining
Health and wellbeing: HIIT and couch to 5k team challenges to develop fitness
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Your learning goal
I can explain the dangers of overtraining in bodyweight HIIT exercises.
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What you’ll learn
I can explain the dangers of overtraining in bodyweight HIIT exercises.
Key learning points
- Move: keep the correct technique in bodyweight exercises to prevent discomfort and reduce injury risk.
- Think: overtraining can increase the chance of injuries like muscle strains, stress fractures and tendonitis.
- Feel: it is important to listen to your body and know when it is feeling tired or in pain to decrease or stop training.
- Connect: supporting others to complete a HIIT workout builds mutual respect.
Words to know
- muscle strain
- an injury where a muscle is overstretched or torn
- fatigue
- a state of feeling overly tired
- overuse injuries
- damage to bones, muscles or tendons caused by repetitive stress or strain from activities without sufficient rest or recovery time
- HIIT
- High Intensity Interval Training consisting of short bursts of energy followed by periods of rest
Common mistakes
Pupils think squats are only limited to the gym environment.
A squat is a functional whole body exercise to strengthen the lower body which can completed with weights or without (just using bodyweight as resistance), and can be completed anywhere where the space if big enough.
For parents, carers and teachers
- HIIT workouts can be taken from YouTube or switched to a 'Just Dance' activity.