PHRE 3043 – Functional Movement and Conditioning

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: 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
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Course: PHRE 1033 - Fitness EvaluationMovement Pattern: Lower BodyTarget: Synergist(s): Gastrocnemius
Exercise
Regressions:Progressions:

Key Teaching PointsExpectation: [if 456 equals="Supervised Practice"]Supervised Practice [/if 456][if 456 not_equal="Supervised Practice"]Independent Learning[/if 456][579]
Description:
  • Complete client prescreening
  • Determine whether there is reason the client should not engage in assessment
  • Explain the purpose
  • Explain the procedure of the assessment
  • Demonstrate
  • Ensure client is clear on when the assessment will stop
  • Have client remove his/her shoes
  • Have client cross his/her arms over chest
  • Instruct client to focus on marker on the wall
  • Client may choose foot to raise first, near ankle
  • Time starts when the foot raises
  • Repeat on other leg
  • Repeat on both legs with eyes closed
  • If the client loses balance before 3s in eyes closed test he/she may try again
  • Time ends: 1) arms moved; 2) raised foot moved; 3) weight-bearing foot moved (maintain balance); 4) 45 s; 5) eyes open (in eyes closed task)
  • Record to the nearest 0.1s
  • Determine HBR
Common Error(s): Using Excessive Momentum
Spotting:
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