Course overview
This course will further develop students' knowledge and skills in prescribing and programming exercise for the broader community for future professional practice, including apparently healthy individuals of all ages. Exercise prescription process (including how to: conduct an initial consult and a pre-exercise screen, develop an exercise testing battery, and design an appropriate exercise program), aerobic and musculoskeletal exercise testing and prescription in healthy and 'special' populations, high intensity interval training, adaptations to aerobic and resistance training, exercise monitoring, periodisation, and advanced training methods.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate competency in screening participants using pre-exercise screening tools and procedures
- Demonstrate competency in conducting health and skill-related fitness assessments
- Design appropriate exercise/activity programs in a range of settings and for apparently healthy individuals to enhance their health and fitness
- Demonstrate knowledge of professional practices in exercise prescription to apparently healthy individuals.
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus West
Class number 54939
Section LE01
Size 150
Available 104
Notes:
Class number 54940
Section PR01
Size 20
Available 16
Class number 54941
Section PR02
Size 20
Available 12
Class number 54942
Section PR03
Size 20
Available 15
Class number 54943
Section PR04
Size 20
Available 17
Class number 54944
Section PR05
Size 20
Available 11
Class number 54945
Section PR06
Size 20
Available 15
Class number 54946
Section PR07
Size 20
Available 8
Class number 54947
Section TU01
Size 20
Available 16
Class number 54948
Section TU02
Size 20
Available 13
Class number 54949
Section TU03
Size 20
Available 14
Class number 54950
Section TU04
Size 20
Available 17
Class number 54951
Section TU05
Size 20
Available 11
Class number 54952
Section TU06
Size 20
Available 15
Class number 54953
Section TU07
Size 20
Available 8
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