Question

Which example best shows how an individual could use the progression principle to achieve a fitness goal?

Jump rope for the same amount of time during every workout.

Gradually increase the laps the individual swims every couple of weeks.

Alternate practicing soccer skills and tennis skills each week.

Randomly decrease the dumbbell weights used for bicep curls.

Answer 1

Gradually increase the laps the individual swims every couple of weeks.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Gradually increase the laps the individual swims every couple of weeks

Step-by-step explanation:

Progression principle follows that the intensity of a specific exercise can be increased, or be above the normal range of an individual (which is called overload) over a optimal period of time. In other words, there is an optimal amount of overload you can do, but the increase needs to be done in optimal intervals.

Among all the choices, gradually increasing the individual swims every couple of weeks follows because it is specific to an exercise, and the increase progresses over a couple of weeks. If it is done too suddenly, then this could lead to injury. If it is done too slow, then there will be little to no progress. It cannot also be done randomly, because it can also lead to injury.