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PE 1060 - Personal Fitness

Credits: 2
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab 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
  1. Individual fitness assessment
  2. Workout Design and Variables
  3. Importance of exercise and physical fitness
  4. Principles of conditioning
  5. Components of fitness
  6. Disease prevention through exercise
  7. Dimensions of wellness
  8. Behavior Change
  9. Healthy Food Choices
  10. Stress

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. describe the dimensions of wellness, explain how each specific dimension plays a valuable role in well-being.
  2. identify the fitness components and explain how each component play an integral role in physical fitness.
  3. identify and apply the training variables to a personal fitness program.
  4. implement a personal exercise program using a variety of fitness equipment.
  5. explain guidelines for safely beginning and progressing through a personal exercise plan.
  6. assess their current fitness levels.
  7. outline behavior change process as it relates to a personal fitness program.
  8. explain how food choices affect overall health and wellness.
  9. explain the relationship between stress and wellness
  10. examine the role fitness and wellness play on overall health and the implications on disease risk and prevention.

Competency 1 (1-6)
None
Competency 2 (7-10)
None


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