Lecture: 4 hours/week
- Lecture
- Group Assessment Projects
- Fitness Assessment Technology Training and Utilization
- Practical Laboratory Sections
- Weightroom and Gymnasium Demonstrations
- Preliminary Health Screening
- Preliminary health evaluation
- Testing procedures for heart rate and blood pressure
- Principles of Fitness Assessment
- The essential components of a physical fitness profile
- The purposes of fitness tests
- Field tests versus laboratory tests
- Assessment of Aerobic Power
- Direct determination of VO2 max
- Indirect determination of VO2 max via
- Maximal tests
- Sub-maximal tests
- Assessment of Metabolic Capacity
- Mean and peak anaerobic power
- Fatigue index
- Lactate analysis
- Assessing Muscular Strength and Endurance
- Standard load testing
- Relative load testing
- 1-repetition maximum
- Sub-maximal testing
- Assessing Neuromuscular Function
- Motor unit activation
- Assessing Body Composition
- Anthropometry
- Lean body mass analysis
- Assessing Joint Range of Motion
- Flexibility testing
- Facility Administration
- Calibration and maintenance of equipment
- Group testing
- Health and safety issues pertaining to maximal fitness testing
- Designing fitness testing documents
- Designing Aerobic Training Programs
- Aerobic training methods and modes
- Designing Resistance Training Programs
- Resistance training types and methods
- Exercise programs for low back care
- Training Special Populations
- Musculoskeletal conditions and disorders
- Cardiopulmonary conditions and disorders
- Neuromuscular conditions and disorders
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- conduct fitness assessments on general, athletic, rehabilitative and special populations;
- use practical demonstrations to introduce and explain fitness assessments;
- perform fitness assessments in individual and group testing situations;
- create fitness programs for healthy and special populations.
Assessment will be in accordance with the °µÍø51 Evaluation Policy.
Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in a course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation must be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline.
The instructor will present a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. Evaluation will be based on the following:
Participation and Professionalism 0-10%
Fitness Assessments 10-20%
Special Population Presentation 10-20%
Practical Assessments 30-60%
Fitness Testing Documents 0-15%
Midterm Exam 0-20%
Practical Exam 0-20%
Final Exam 10-20%
Total 100%
Consult the °µÍø51 Bookstore for the latest required textbooks and materials. Example textbooks and materials may include:
Gibson, A., Wagner, D., Heyward, V. (Current Edition). Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription. Human Kinetics Publishers.