Progressing from Principles of Fitness exercise techniques, Students will learn additional training strategies in order to design exercise programs for client’s wishing to improve anaerobic capacity, movement quality, and occupational requirements (e.g. police and paramedic). Students will be introduced to various training techniques such as: joint mobility, dynamic warm-ups, multi-joint lifting techniques, lunging/stepping patterns, grip strength, advanced cardiovascular interval and tempo training, circuits and more.
Target population: Adults (18-65), healthy
- Course Instructor: Tim Rush
- Lab Instructors:Tim Rush and Sarah King
- Lab Technician:Â Bryant and Lucas
- Semester: Three
Lab Sections:
- Section 1: Friday 8 – 9 AM
- Section 2: Friday 9 – 10 AM
- Section 3: Wednesday 9 – 10 AM
- Section 4: Wednesday 10 – 11 AM
| Course: PHRE 3043 - Functional Movement | Movement Pattern: Lunge | Target: Quadriceps | Synergist(s): Gluteals, Hamstrings |
| Exercise |  | ||
| Regressions: | Goblet Squat | Progressions: | Walking Lunge | Step Up |
| 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: | Start by standing with torso erect (shoulders retracted), hands on hips or at sides for balance, one foot in front of the other. Lower body by flexing knee and hip of front leg (weight should be focus on heel of lead foot) until knee of rear leg is almost in contact with floor. Pause and return to starting position, pushing off through the heel of the lead leg. | ||
| Common Error(s): | Torso collapses forward | ||
| Spotting: | |||