Maricopa Community Colleges  PED285   20056-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/26/05
PED285 20056-20086 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Exercise Program Design and Instruction
Business aspects of the fitness profession such as program administration, quality assurance, and effective communication skills for the professional personal trainer and/or strength and conditioning coach. Implementation of behavioral strategies, progression of program planning, and development of programs for populations with special physical/medical needs. Designing exercise programs in an internship setting.
Prerequisites: PED145 or permission of Instructor.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
PED285   20056-20086 Exercise Program Design and Instruction
1. Identify and discuss the various business aspects of personal training. (I)
2. Assess program administration, quality assurance, and outcome assessment. (II)
3. Identify and incorporate leadership and communication skills in dealing with the public with respect to exercise. (III)
4. Identify behavioral strategies to enhance exercise health and behavior change. (IV)
5. Recognize different learning styles and apply teaching and training techniques to optimize a client's training session. (IV)
6. Identify the basics of good nutrition, energy demands of an active lifestyle and how that relates to the nutrients required. (V)
7. Identify proper and improper technique when performing a variety of exercises. (VI)
8. Teach and modify a progression of exercise. (VI)
9. Teach special precautions and modifications of exercise programming for all populations. (VII)
10. Identify and analyze clinical and medical considerations when designing an exercise program. (VIII)
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PED285   20056-20086 Exercise Program Design and Instruction
    I. Business Aspect of Personal Training
        A. Employment Options
        B. Certifications
        C. Professional and Legal Responsibilities
        D. Establishing Business Practices
        E. Setting Fees
      II. Program Administration, Quality Assurance and Outcome Assessment
          A. Administration and program management
          B. Liability and negligence in training environments
          C. Pre/post testing and documentation
          D. Accountability and exercise adherence
          E. Effective and ethical promotion of personal training services
        III. Leadership and Communications Techniques
            A. Transformative leadership
            B. Leadership styles
            C. Evaluation of communication
            D. Communication styles
            E. Active listening
            F. Non-verbal communication
            G. Consistent, clear, affirming methods of communicating
          IV. Human Behavior and Counseling
              A. Influences that shape behavior
              B. Stages of motivational readiness and change
              C. Behavioral strategies to enhance exercise/health behavior change
              D. Three stages of learning
              E. Addressing the different types of learners
              F. The role of goal setting and re-evaluation
            V. Nutrition and Weight Management
                A. Adequate daily energy intake for healthy weight management
                B. Myths and consequences of fad diets
                C. Guidelines for caloric intake; USDA food pyramid, weight loss, weight gain
                D. Relationship between body composition and health
              VI. Exercise Prescription and Programming
                  A. Risks and benefits of exercise training with pre-pubescent and post pubescent youth
                  B. Risks and benefits of exercise training with older adults
                  C. Exercise modifications based on age and physical conditioning
                  D. Orthopedic considerations
                  E. Cardiovascular considerations
                  F. Selecting appropriate testing and training modalities
                  G. Principles of overload, specificity, and progression and their relationship to exercise programming
                  H. Advantages and Disadvantages of interval, continuous and circuit training
                  I. Skills to teach and demonstrate components of an exercise session
                  J. Skills to teach and demonstrate appropriate modifications for specific exercises for the following groups:older adults, pregnant and postnatal women, obese persons, and persons with low back pain
                  K. Skills in the use of methods for monitoring exercise and intensity including heart rate, Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) and Metabolic Equivalents (MET).
                  L. Modifications for individuals with functional disabilities and musculoskeletal injuries
                VII. Clinical and Medical Considerations
                    A. Cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic, and musculoskeletal risk factors that may require further evaluation by a health professional
                    B. Risk factors
                    C. Basic principles of the electrical conduction of the heart, phases of contraction and implications
                    D. Respiratory risk factors and conditions
                    E. Metabolic risk factors and conditions
                    F. Musculoskeletal risk factors and conditions
                    G. Common drugs and medications and their effects on exercise
                    H. Over the Counter drugs and their effects on exercise
                  VIII. Comprehensive Programming Project:Service Learning or Practicum
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