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PE 185CA Conditioning, Beginning


Lab Hours: 3
Credits: 1

Offers a conditioning program designed to complement individual interests, needs, and goals. May improve some or all of the areas of physical fitness: cardiovascular, muscular, body composition, and flexibility.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Beginning 

  1. Define individual fitness goals and limitations. 
  2. Identify requirements for fitness in the areas of cardiorespiratory muscular, body composition, and flexibility. 
  3. Define and discuss the benefits of aerobic exercise. 
  4. Keep a written documentation of a personal conditioning program. 
  5. Practice full participation in workout program. 
  6. Define target zone and find individual heart rate when exercising and at rest. 
  7. Identify areas of improvement through pre- and post-evaluations. 
  8. Identify and correctly perform at least six strength exercises. 


Content Outline
Beginning 

  1. Components of fitness 
  2. Requirements for fitness 
  3. Lifelong fitness 
  4. Cardiovascular fitness 
  5. Warming up and flexibility 
  6. Target zones/heart rates 
  7. Muscular strength and endurance 
  8. Body composition 
  9. Basic strength exercises