Lecture: 2 hours/week
Tutorial: 1 hour/week
Lab: 1 hour/week
or
Hybrid: 2hours/week in class; 2 hours/week online
1. Lecture
2. Discussion groups (in class and online)
3. Guest presenters
4. Practical instruction and experience
5. Student presentations
1.Exercise in society
1.1 Define physical fitness.
1.2 Factors relating to hypo-kinetic conditions and sports injuries.
1.3 Role of exercise with respect to children, adolescents, adults, seniors, athletes and special populations.
1.4 Concepts of overload, stress, specificity and adaptation.
2.Components of physical fitness
2.1 Components of health-related fitness
2.2 Training processes associated with the development of health-related fitness.
2.3 Training effects associated with the development of health-related fitness.
2.4 Concepts of aerobic capacity and anaerobic capacity.
2.5 Training processes associated with the development of aerobic and anaerobic capacities.
2.6 Training effects associated with the development of aerobic and anaerobic capacities.
2.7 Components of skill-related fitness.
3.Exercise programs
3.1 Warm-up phase and the cool-down phase.
3.2 Components and the effects of the warm-up and cool-down phases.
3.3 Warm-up and cool-down procedures.
3.4 Types of classic exercise programs.
3.5 Types of contemporary exercise programs.
3.6 Factors associated with the development of skill-related fitness.
4.Physical fitness assessment
4.1 Role of physical fitness assessment with respect to exercise programs.
4.2 Types of physical fitness assessment, to include; field tests, lab tests, and lab-like tests.
4.3 Purpose of physical fitness assessment.
4.4 Methods of physical fitness assessment.
5.Design and implementation of exercise programs
5.1 Factors associated with the design of exercise programs.
5.2 Factors associated with the monitoring and evaluation of exercise programs.
5.3 Factors associated with injury prevention.
5.4 Factors involved with the implementation of exercise programs.
5.5 Implement, monitor and evaluate a personal exercise program.
6.Variables associated with exercise
6.1 Exercise contraindications.
6.2 Neuromuscular effects of stress and relaxation.
6.3 Relationship of nutrition to exercise.
6.4 Effects associated with physical inactivity.
6.5 Musculoskeletal concepts associated with the care of the back.
6.6 Motivational factors involved in adhering to an exercise program.
6.7 Positive and negative effects of exercise on personal health.
6.8 Effects of exercise on growth and development.
6.9 Fitness and wellness from a life-long perspective.
Upon completion of the course, the successful student will be able to:
- Discuss the role of exercise in society.
- Describe the components of health-related and skill-related fitness.
- Describe and demonstrate contemporary exercise programs.
- Describe and apply the principles of physical fitness assessment.
- Design and implement exercise programs.
- Describe and discuss the relationship of exercise with growth and development factors, health concepts, nutrition concepts and the prevention of exercise-related injuries.
Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor will present a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. Evaluation will include the following:
| Professionalism | 5-20% |
| Labs and Assignments | 5-30% |
| Fitness Leadership Project | 5-30% |
| Personal Fitness Program | 5-30% |
| Mid-Term Exam | 5-25% |
| Final Exam | 5-25% |
| TOTAL | 100% |
Consult the Douglas College Bookstore for the latest required textbooks and materials. A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided on the instructor's course outline, which is available to students at the beginning of each semester. A possible text for this course is:
Powers, 2019. Total Fitness and Wellness, 8th edition.