Course Description
In this course, students will study the following for a variety of individuals and groups: processes and procedures of assessing physical fitness; prescribing exercise programs; and identifying, educating and fostering healthy living styles.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the principles of exercise testing, factors that affect the results, and criteria to terminate tests.
- Conduct pre-participation screening and assess risk classification
- Interpret and rate the results of the exercise tests and relay information to the client.
- Explain the principles of exercise prescription, program development and the stages.
- Design a training program for the individual or group based on their training needs.
- Demonstrate understanding by implementing all safety considerations of exercise testing and training.
Topical Outline
1. Preparticipation Health Screening/ Risk Assessment
2. Physical Activity Assessment/ Chronic Disease
3. Physical Fitness Testing/ Program Design
4. Motivation/ Adherence to Programs/ Using technology to motivate clients
5. Cardiorespiratory Assessment/ Maximal/ Submaximal/ Field testing
6. Creating personalized cardiorespiratory exercise programs, methods and modes.
7. Assessing muscular fitness, strength and muscular endurance testing, sources of measurement and error, testing youth and older adults.
8. Designing resistance training programs.
9. Assessing body composition, classification and uses, models, reference methods, field methods.
10. Weight management.
11. Assessing Flexibility.
12. Designing Lower back, core, flexibility programs.
13. Assessing balance, fall risk factors, balance training.
14. Health and fitness appraisal forms, questionnaires, tests.
15. Tactical testing, police, fire.
2. Physical Activity Assessment/ Chronic Disease
3. Physical Fitness Testing/ Program Design
4. Motivation/ Adherence to Programs/ Using technology to motivate clients
5. Cardiorespiratory Assessment/ Maximal/ Submaximal/ Field testing
6. Creating personalized cardiorespiratory exercise programs, methods and modes.
7. Assessing muscular fitness, strength and muscular endurance testing, sources of measurement and error, testing youth and older adults.
8. Designing resistance training programs.
9. Assessing body composition, classification and uses, models, reference methods, field methods.
10. Weight management.
11. Assessing Flexibility.
12. Designing Lower back, core, flexibility programs.
13. Assessing balance, fall risk factors, balance training.
14. Health and fitness appraisal forms, questionnaires, tests.
15. Tactical testing, police, fire.