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Training program

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

/ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˌproʊɡræm/nounCore term

In sports & fitness, training program means: A planned series of workouts over weeks or months that sets out the exercises, sets, reps, intensity and rest needed to reach a goal.

In Turkish: antrenman programı, antrenman planı

How it is used

Coaches and personal trainers write or design training programs for athletes and clients, who follow, start or stick to them. Programs are often divided into blocks or phases, such as pre-season or a 12-week marathon program.

Example sentences

  1. My coach updates my training program every four weeks.

  2. She's following a 16-week training programme for her first marathon.

Common collocations

  • follow a training program
  • design a training program
  • 12-week training program
  • stick to a training program
  • workoutA session of physical exercise done to improve fitness, strength or skill, such as a run, a gym session or a class.
  • progressive overloadThe principle of gradually increasing the demands on the body, such as weight, reps or volume, so that it keeps adapting and improving.
  • taperTo reduce training volume in the days or weeks before a major competition so that the athlete arrives rested and at peak performance.
  • personal trainerA fitness professional who designs exercise programmes for individual clients and supervises their sessions one to one.
  • rest dayA day in a training plan with no hard exercise, planned so that the body can recover and adapt.

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