Students will discover how to design exercise programs for improving a client’s aerobic and anaerobic capacity. In addition, students will be introduced to the fundamental concepts in movement screening, vocational fitness testing (e.g. police and paramedic), circuit training, and instability training.
Target population: Adults (18-65), healthy
- Course Instructor: Lyndsay Fitzgeorge
- Lab Instructors: Lyndsay Fitzgeorge
- Lab Technician: Jasmine Collins
- Semester: Three
Lab Sections:
- Section 1: Thursday 2 – 4 PM
- Section 2: Thursday 12 – 2 PM
- Section 3: Wednesday 2 – 4 PM
- Section 4: Wednesday 4 – 6 PM
| Course: PHRE 3044 - Special Populations | Movement Pattern: Single-joint | isolation | Target: Pec Major | Synergist(s): Deltoids (Anterior) |
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| Regressions: | Progressions: | ||
| Key Teaching Points | Expectation: [if 456 equals="Supervised Practice"]Supervised Practice [/if 456][if 456 not_equal="Supervised Practice"]Independent Learning[/if 456] | [579] | |
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| Description: | While standing or seated grip the dowel (or stretching strap) widely. Slowly extend arms overhead with elbows extended. Engage your core so that your rib cage does not rise up and maintain a neutral pelvis. The stretch should be within the anterior chest. There should be NO pain in the back of the shoulder joint. Clients with suspected should instability SHOULD NOT partake in this exercise. | ||
| Common Error(s): | Arching the upper back | ||
| Spotting: | |||