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: FHP - Knowledge | Movement Pattern: Core | stabilization | Target: Transverse Abdominus | Synergist(s): Rectus Abdominus, Spinal Erectors |
| Exercise |  | ||
| Regressions: | Plank | Crunch | 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: | 1.) Start off by laying on your back with your arms and feet extended out with an exercise held in between your feet. 2.) Once in position slowly bring your upper and lower body together at the same time, squeezing with your core, and once reaching the top of the movement transfer the ball from your feet to your hands. 3.) After the transfer slowly move back to the original starting position with the ball still kept in your hands extended out and your legs kept straight out. 4.) Repeat for as many reps and sets as desired. | ||
| Common Error(s): | Not engaging core | ||
| Spotting: | |||