supercompensation

thumb|400px|Heterochronism of supercompensation: Different parameters require different amounts of time to recover after strain. Tendons and [[bone tissue require considerably longer to adapt than muscle tissue.]]In sports science theory, supercompensation refers to the post-training period during which the trained parameter has a higher performance capacity than it did prior to the training period.

== Description == The adaptation of the load is called supercompensation. thumb|right|400px|Initial fitness, training, recovery, and supercompensation First put forth by Russian scientist Nikolai N. Yakovlev in 1949–1959, this theory is a basic principle of athletic training. The fitness level of a human body in training can be broken down into four periods: initial fitness, training, recovery, and supercompensation. During the initial fitness period, the target of the training has a base level of fitness. Upon entering the training period, the target's level of fitness decreases. After the training period, the body enters the recovery period, during which the level of fitness increases back to the initial fitness level.