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Mar 29, 2024
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PE 1060 - Personal Fitness Credits: 2 Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None Course Description: This course is for students interested in developing a personal exercise program based on their own fitness level as part of a healthy lifestyle. The personal fitness program will incorporate the health- related components of physical fitness. Emphasis is placed on the personal development of fitness, based on individualized goals. MnTC Goals None
Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): None Recommendation: None
Major Content
- Individual fitness assessment
- Individual workout design
- Importance of exercise and physical fitness
- Fitness safety
- Principles of conditioning
- Components of fitness
- Injury prevention
- Healthy lifestyle choices
- Disease prevention through exercise
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- identify the advantages of acquiring and maintaining adequate muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular endurance and flexibility throughout the lifespan.
- design a personalized exercise program that applies the principles of conditioning.
- implement a personal exercise program using variety of fitness equipment.
- explain guidelines for safely beginning and progressing through a personal exercise plan.
- explain how their current lifestyle choices may or may not be keeping them healthy.
- assess current fitness levels.
- discuss the role of exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle.
- identify the key components of a comprehensive fitness program.
- outline a plan for staying healthy throughout the lifespan.
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