Fitness Assessment & Prescription

1. Preliminary Health Screening
  1.1. Preliminary health evaluation
  1.2. Testing procedures for heart rate and blood pressure
2. Principles of Fitness Assessment
  2.1. The essential components of a physical fitness profile
  2.2. The purposes of fitness tests
  2.3. Field tests versus laboratory tests
3. Assessment of Aerobic Power:
  3.1. Direct determination of VO2 max
  3.2. Indirect determination via:
    3.2.1. Maximal tests
    3.2.2. Sub-maximal tests
4. Assessment of Metabolic Capacity:
  4.1. Mean and peak anaerobic power
  4.2. Fatigue index
  4.3. Lactate Analysis
    4.3.1. Identification of lactate threshold
    4.3.2. Quantitative Lactate Production
5. Assessing Muscular Strength and Endurance:
  5.1. Standard load testing
  5.2. Relative load testing
  5.3. 1-repetition maximum
  5.4. Sub-maximal testing
6. Assessing Neuromuscular Function:
  6.1. Motor unit activation
7. Assessing Body Composition:
  7.1. Anthropometry
    7.1.1. Girth measurements
    7.1.2. Height to weight ratios
  7.2. Lean body mass analysis
    7.2.1. Skinfolds
    7.2.2. Bioelectrical impedance
8. Assessing Joint Range of Motion:
  8.1. Flexibility testing
9. Facility Administration
  9.1. Calibration and maintenance of equipment
  9.2. Group testing
  9.3. Health and safety issues pertaining to maximal fitness testing
  9.4. Designing fitness testing documents
10. Designing Aerobic Training Programs
  10.1. Aerobic training methods and modes
11. Designing Resistance Training Programs
  11.1. Resistance training types and methods
  11.2. Exercise programs for low back care