Question

Describe the principle of overload, and explain how frequency, intensity, time, and type can help you safely apply overload to your favorite workout.

Answer 1

The Overload Principle is focused on sports fitness training.

It states that athletes must work harder than they usually workout as their bodies adjust themselves to higher workouts.

To safely apply Overload to your workout you should monitor the intensity of training as you increase it gradually and progressively.

You should choose and plan over one type of workout to apply Overload on it.

All other training activities should be coordinated and adjusted preventing other factors that influence overloading in duration and volume of training.

Answer 2

The principle of overload states that the body adapts to every stimulus. Every stimulus needs adaption and in order for a muscle (including the heart) to increase strength,a greater than normal stress or load on the body is required for training adaptation to take place - a different stimulus is required.
Different stimulus can be doing the same workout but in smaller time frame (next stimulus can be to run 5km for 25 minutes, if you have run last time for 30 minutes), or every routine can be done more times...Also changing the workout type is way of changing the stimulus (you can incorporate in you workout routine different sports: running, swimming, hiking..for example).