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Foundations of Personal Fitness
Course Cost: $270.00
Credit: .5COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The emphasis of this course is that “Anybody Can Be Fit”. It is designed so that students, regardless of genetic makeup or the drive to become a successful competitive athlete can acquire and maintain a moderate to high level of personal fitness. This starts with a realistic knowledge about yourself and continues with information that you will gain throughout this course. You will begin the course by identifying and evaluating the level of personal fitness that you currently have. As you continue your work, you will learn how to develop and design a program specific to your personal goals. You will learn and participate in a variety of activities that will help you with your goals; you will also learn the proper techniques in performing these activities. Nutrition plays an important role in achieving personal fitness. You will learn the basics of a proper diet and how the combination of diet and exercise can help you to attain change in body composition.
Prepare to be active! This course is designed for you to actively participate in activities/exercises that will help you to attain your goals of fitness. You must be involved in order to learn the proper techniques and to reap the benefits from this course. This course will give you the tools necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle; it is up to you whether you achieve it.
Core Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:
· understand the concept of Personal Fitness and realize the positive outcomes for each individual associated with fitness.
· show an understanding of the scientific principles specific to physical activity.
· understand the importance of warming up and cooling down when exercising.
· be able to identify the major factors that influence fitness levels.
· understand the importance of the circulatory system.
· be able to evaluate their cardiovascular fitness levels.
· develop an understanding of muscular strength and endurance.
· understand the process of progressive resistance weight training.
· understand the health-related fitness component of flexibility.
· understand the basic body composition, learn ways to evaluate it, and be able to develop strategies to develop and maintain a healthy body composition.
· develop an understanding of how nutrition affects personal fitness.
· develop a working knowledge of what lifetime activities would best suit their own personal fitness program.Course Activities:
· Physical activities/exercises
· Internet/library research
· Personal progress self-checks
· Assignment quizzes, unit quizzes, unit tests
· Program design
· Final exam
