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
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| Course: PHRE 1033 - Fitness Evaluation | Movement Pattern: | Target: | Synergist(s): |
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| 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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- Complete client prescreening
- Determine whether there is reason the client should not engage in assessment
- Explain the purpose
- Explain the procedure of the assessment
- Have client complete pre-screening exercise; Client prone: single straight-leg extension with each leg, followed by straight-leg extensions with extension of opposite arm.
- If there is discomfort or pain, the test should not be done.
- Ensure client is clear on when the assessment will stop
- Set-up client so that his/her iliac crest is aligned with the edge of the riser
- Instruct client to concentrate on the floor, cross arms on the chest, and assist client to raise his/her torso to 180 degrees
- Client is allowed one warning and re-positioning
- Stop test: pain, fatigue, torso drops below the horizontal (after one warning and adjustment), or 180 s (3 min)
- Record to the nearest 1s
- Determine HBR
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