PEH 120 - Principles Personal Training I

1. Explain the role of a personal trainer
   1. Understand the scope of personal training
   2. Discuss the current and future trends in personal training
   3. Identify positive and negative health behaviors
   4. Understand the avenues for personal training certification
   5. Discuss liability issues of personal training
   6. Motivation techniques
2. Explain functional anatomy and physiology as it relates to exercise
   1. Identify the planes of movement
   2. Exam directional terms of movement
   3. Identify specific bones, muscles and joints.
   4. Trace the flow of blood and oxygen through the body
   5. Describe the energy systems
   6. Understand the changes of blood pressure and heart with exercise
3. Identify the necessary steps in a proper health appraisal
   1. Determine the tools to evaluate a client’s health status
   2. Be proficient when using health screening tools on clients
   3. Apply risk stratification
   4. Understand when referral to medical personnel is necessary
   5. Use health information to make appropriate programming decisions
   6. Exam goals of personal training clients
4. Understand the aspects of cardiorespiratory fitness
   1. Define cardiorespiratory fitness
   2. Identify appropriate tests by population
   3. Interpret test results
   4. Determine appropriate exercises and starting points to meet client goals
   5. Apply safe program progression
5. Understand the aspects of muscular fitness
   1. Define power, endurance, strength
   2. Identify appropriate tests by population
   3. Interpret test results
   4. Determine appropriate exercises and starting points to meet client goals
   5. Apply safe program profession
6. Understand the aspects of flexibility
   1. Define power, endurance, strength
   2. Identify appropriate tests by population
   3. Interpret test results
   4. Determine appropriate exercises and starting points to meet client goals
   5. Compare flexibility techniques
   6. Discuss how flexibility can be integrated into a personal training program
7. Understand the aspects of body composition
   1. Define percent body fat, lean mass, negative and positive energy balance
   2. Discuss the methods of calculating body composition.
   3. Perform basic body composition analysis including BMI girth measurements and skin folds
   4. Interpret test results and calculate target body weight
   5. determine appropriate exercises and starting points to meet client goals
   6. Apply safe program progression
   7. Posture and muscle imbalances
8. Understand the role of energy nutrients in the diet
   1. Discuss and apply basic nutrition with reference to the food pyramid
   2. Understand DRIs of macro- and micronutrients for the physically active
   3. Be able to read and discuss food labels
   4. Be aware of health considerations such as heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis