Introduction

Fundamental Fitness Training’s aim is to develop your overall fitness, it can be described as;

“The general preparatory phase is usually placed in the earlier part of the preparatory phase and is structured to emphasise the development of a general physical training base”. It’s the training I use with beginners after they have completed the movement training phase.

Much of training today is performed with intensity and this is where posture begins to fail, injury risk is increased and fitness is diminished. However during Fundamental Fitness a key aim is to maintain correct posture through every repetition under load.

This is taking movement training to the  next level, first you mater the movement and then you perform them under load.

Fitness

“Physical fitness is multifaceted, an effective definition must be broad and encompassing”

As per the quote above and development of general training base, this stage covers many components that makes up “Fitness”. They are;

• Muscular endurance
• Muscular strength
• Muscular elasticity
• Cardiovascular endurance

These components are added in combination with the components of Movement Training. You begin to achieve an ability to harder for longer but with a focus on movement.

Reference

• Ian Jeffreys, Jeremy Moody (2016). Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance. Abingdon: Rutledge. p412.
• James R. Morrow (2011). Measurement and Evaluation in Human Performance. 4th ed. USA: Human Kinetics. p189.