General Training Principles

What are the 3 things that every training program must have in order to see results??

According to NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) the 3 General training principles are:

Specificity
Overload
Progression

Specificity simply means training someone a specific way to produce a specific change or result. Team Scarito trains using the Functional Training method or using your own body weight as resistance. I believe that each individual needs to be able to handle their own weight before adding more on. This is why we have injuries. Master your range of motion and exercise technique first.

Overload is putting the body under stress and intensity that the client in not used to training with. This is a big one for everybody to understand. Who do you think will see results faster, Person A who runs all the time and uses the same weight during their strength training days or Person B who changes up their routine and constantly increases the load they lift? Your muscles need to placed under different stresses all the time. Doug, could not feel his lats after the first couples workouts, his body was not used to the intensity.

Progression is basically the process of continually making the workouts different and harder each time, at a safe pace!!! Having someone do 50 deadlifts with a weight they are not used too is just stupid.

I wanted to write this blog post for my Team to help them understand a little more of how I train and why I do the crazy shit that I do. For the future, keep these principles in mind and you will see results.

TEAM SCARITO!!!!