Principles of Exercise

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  • This module is delivered purely online and sets out the Principles of Fitness which will help you structure exercise programmes in subsequent modules

    • Introduction to Physical Activity

    • Components of Fitness

    • Effects of exercise on the body

    • Principles and variables of fitness and health

    • Special Populations

    • Physical Activity

    • Components of Cardiovascular exercise, Muscular strength/endurance exercise and Flexibility

    • Skeletal, muscular, aerobic, resistance training and postural adaptations to exercise

    • FITT Principles

    • Physical Activity guidelines for adults, children and older adults

    • Manipulating Intensity

    • Time under tension

    • Progressive Overload

    • Overtraining

    • Monitoring Intensity

    • Activity for health

    • Special populations: Older adults, pre/post natal, children and physical impairments

  • 72 question multichoice quiz

    Pass Mark 90%

    Detailed breakdown of assessments

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The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated

- Plato