HFPR-205 Techniques and Application of Health and Fitness Equipment

Credits 3 / 3 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into ACRD 080. Pre-or Co-requisite: HFPR 100.
This course will introduce students to proper resistance, cardiovascular, flexibility and exercise training techniques and assessment. Instructional methodology and pedagogy strategies will be introduced to facilitate teaching in both one on one and group exercise settings. Students will explore a variety of Health and Fitness equipment and assessment procedures through practical application, class experiences and evaluation. Course discussion topics will include: specifice training anatomy, safety techniques and procedures, instructional evaluation, modifications as well as the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) exercise quigelines in preparation for personal training.

Course Outcomes
1. Students will demonstrate, evaluate and describe activities for muscle strength and muscle endurance that can be done for each muscle group utilizing a variety of fitness equipment 2. Students will identify and describe the physical benefits associated with strength training and compare and contrast the benefits of body weight and small equipment fitness exercises VS weight training machines 3. Students will describe and explain the difference between muscular strength, muscular endurance, hypertrophy, atrophy, and muscle tone and identify the major muscle groups involved in the performance of exercises 4. Students will identify and explain the following training terms and concepts: set, rep, load, overload, agonist, antagonist, flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, DOMS, rotation, circumduction, isometric, isotonic, isokinetic, eccentric and concentric contractions 5. Students will identify, demonstrate and evaluate safety practices as they relate to physical activity and various types of strength training equipment 6. Students will design an appropriate short-term fitness training program, following ACSM guidelines for physical activity, for a variety of physical goals by completing case studies and program design project 7. Students will describe and explain the importance of the warm-up, stretching, and cool-down phases of an exercise program and demonstrate static stretching exercises for each major muscle group 8. Students will demonstrate ability to monitor heart rates and educate participants in monitoring theirs during physical activity and assessment 9. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the importance and proper procedures of spotting and modifications of exercises while demonstrating proper and safe use of each machine 10. Students will identify appropriate storage, cleaning, and safety check of health fitness equipment.