PE 1075 - Weight Training

1. Individual fitness assessment
2. Importance of exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle
3. Benefits/effects of weight training
4. Safety
5. Injury prevention
6. Components of fitness
7. Principles of conditioning
8. Weight training guidelines
9. Weight training techniques
10. Periodization
11. Individual workout design
12. Resistance training equipment
13. Muscles and movements
14. Resistance training exercises
    1. Upper body
    2. Lower body
    3. Core
    4. Plyometrics

1. identify the advantages of acquiring and maintaining adequate muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular endurance and flexibility throughout the lifespan.
2. demonstrate safety standards, fundamentals, techniques and strategies of strength training, and integrate them into a personal program.
3. implement a resistance training program using variety of resistance machines, free weights, body weight and exercise modalities.
4. assess their current fitness levels.
5. apply fundamental knowledge of benefits, adaptations, and principles to resistance training programs.
6. identify appropriate muscle, movements, and joint actions executed through various exercises.
7. explain the role of exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle.

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