HEED 200 Health/Fitness Leader

This course is designed to provide students who are interested in the wellness field with the knowledge and skills necessary to function as exercise/fitness leaders. The course covers core behavioral objectives set up for the following certifications: American College of Sports Medicine's Exercise Leader, the National Strength and Conditioning's Certified Personal Trainer, and the American Council for Exercise Personal Trainer. Students will be introduced to various aspects of the exercise/fitness field including risk factor evaluation, fitness assessment, exercise prescription, and program development.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Describe the components of wellness and physical fitness, and explain the role the
   health/fitness leader plays in the development of both.
   
2. Identify the risk factors related to exercise.
3. Perform health appraisal and risk factor screening.
4. Modify an exercise program when one or more risk factors are present.
5. Identify in functional and anatomical terms the skeletal, muscular, and cardiovascular
   systems.
   
6. Explain how exercise physiology and functional anatomy relate to exercise programming.
   
7. Explain and apply the principles of aerobic, muscular strength/endurance, and flexibility
   development to exercise programming.
   
8. Identify and apply the principles of resistance training.
9. Identify and apply the principles of weight control and nutrition.
10. Perform fitness assessments including the step test, blood pressure skin caliper, sit-andreach
    and other tests.
11. The student will examine the manifestations of human movement as sport, recreation,
    fitness development and play.
12. The student will develop an understanding the roles human movement has played in
    survival, health and competition.
13. The student will develop an awareness of alternative perceptions of the mind and body.
    
14. The student will develop knowledge and understanding of human movement relative to
    biomechanics, kinesiology, motor development, growth and maturation.

Course Objectives

1. Describe the components of wellness and physical fitness, and explain the role the
   health/fitness leader plays in the development of both.
   
2. Identify the risk factors related to exercise.
3. Perform health appraisal and risk factor screening.
4. Modify an exercise program when one or more risk factors are present.
5. Identify in functional and anatomical terms the skeletal, muscular, and cardiovascular
   systems.
   
6. Explain how exercise physiology and functional anatomy relate to exercise programming.
   
7. Explain and apply the principles of aerobic, muscular strength/endurance, and flexibility
   development to exercise programming.
   
8. Identify and apply the principles of resistance training.
9. Identify and apply the principles of weight control and nutrition.
10. Perform fitness assessments including the step test, blood pressure skin caliper, sit-andreach
    and other tests.
11. The student will examine the manifestations of human movement as sport, recreation,
    fitness development and play.
12. The student will develop an understanding the roles human movement has played in
    survival, health and competition.
13. The student will develop an awareness of alternative perceptions of the mind and body.
    
14. The student will develop knowledge and understanding of human movement relative to
    biomechanics, kinesiology, motor development, growth and maturation.