This interactive online course will help you test and assess cardiorespiratory fitness in normal adults and then design exercise programs to match their individual requirements and abilities. Developed by Ann Maliszewski, PhD, the course also incorporates the textbook "Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Fifth Edition, " by Vivian H. Heyward, PhD, and includes a glossary of key terms hyperlinked to individual sessions.
During the course, you will assume the role of a newly hired fitness center trainer; your four-day orientation will feature Ms. Watson, a virtual head trainer, and a virtual mentor, Eric. You will interact with six clients in real-life situations as you move through a series of situations and exercises.s. A brief quiz will complete each daily session.
Day 1: Screening and Goal Setting - You will learn to identify general stages in the pre-exercise screening process and recognize when important client data are missing. You`ll also assign general fitness goal categories, based on several specific factors discussed in this orientation session, to each client.
Day 2: Fitness Testing - Eric will present various principles and guidelines associated with fitness level assessment. By session`s end, you will be able to select appropriate fitness testing for each client, calculate fitness based on the test results, and assign a fitness level.
Day 3: Designing a Program: Principles - To initiate design of individual fitness programs,s, you will learn how to monitor exercise intensity and then select the appropriate method for monitoring each client`s exercise intensity. You`ll also apply general cardiorespiratory fitness guidelines for mode, intensity, duration, and frequency to each client`s exercise program.
Day 4: Designing a Program: Application - Using cardiorespiratory fitness programming and progression guidelines, you will present each client with a beginning program based on the client`s current health and activity status, fitness level, goal category, and the assessment and prescription principles that you already discussed with Eric and Ms. Watson.
Finally, an online test will evaluate your understanding of the material covered by the interactive course and supplemental text.
"NOTE: The text is required for successful completion of the course. If you already own the text, you would order the course without the text."
