Maricopa Community Colleges  PED214   19986-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 07/22/08
PED214 19986-20086 L+L 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Fitness for Living
Lifetime health and skill-related components of fitness to achieve total wellness. Topics include health and skill- related components of fitness; guidelines for health and fitness assessment; exercise safety and precautions; and exercise adherence and program planning.
Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
PED214   19986-20086 Fitness for Living
1. Define wellness. (I)
2. Describe the benefits and significance of participating in a lifetime fitness and wellness program. (I)
3. Identify and evaluate the risk factors associated with an exercise program. (I)
4. Identify questionable exercises and describe guidelines for safe, effective exercises and injury prevention. (I)
5. Explain the difference between aerobic and anaerobic physical activity. (I)
6. Identify and interpret the principles of fitness in relation to health-related fitness components. (I, IV)
7. Identify and define the components of health-related and skill-related fitness, and utilize in a personal assessment. (II)
8. Identify motivational strategies to assist with exercise adherence. (III)
9. Following the steps in program planning, apply the fitness principles and health-related fitness components in designing an effective, personalized physical activity program. (IV)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
PED214   19986-20086 Fitness for Living
    I. Physical Fitness and Wellness
        A. Wellness
          1. Definition
          2. Benefits and significance
            a. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health
            b. Healthy People 2000
          3. Screening and evaluation of risk factors for exercise participation
        B. Fitness components
          1. Skill-related
          2. Health-related
        C. Aerobic and anaerobic physical activity
        D. Fitness principles
        E. Questionable exercises, safe exercise guidelines, and injury prevention
      II. Assessment of Fitness Components
          A. Skill-related
            1. Agility
            2. Balance
            3. Coordination
            4. Power
            5. Reaction time
            6. Speed
          B. Health-related
            1. Body composition
              a. Body weight vs. body composition
              b. Skinfolds
              c. Girth measurements
            2. Cardiovascular fitness
              a. Twelve-minute run
              b. Step test
              c. Astrand-Rhyming bicycle test
              d. Rockport Walking Test
            3. Flexibility
              a. Static
              b. Ballistic
              c. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)
              d. Active and passive
              e. Specific areas of concern: hamstrings and low back
            4. Muscular strength and endurance
              a. Upper-body tests
              b. Lower-body tests
        III. Exercise Motivation and Adherence Strategies
            A. Stages of change
            B. Predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors
          IV. Program Planning
              A. Steps
              B. Fitness training principles and components
              C. Design personalized physical activity program
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