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May 14, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HLHS 132 - Personal Fitness
PROGRAM: Healthcare Specialist
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 1.5
LAB HOURS MIN: 1
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Spring, 2021
Educates students about the importance of fitness in their everyday lives. Students will have the opportunity to customize their own behavioral plans for fitness.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Define fitness and the major areas IT encompasses.
- Assess their level of fitness and compare it to their baseline level of fitness taken at the beginning of the course to where they advance throughout the course.
- Design a personal health and fitness plan including a safe exercise routine with proper techniques.
- Identify and design a sample healthy eating plan.
- Critique exercise routines assessing proper techniques and safety.
- Identify major risk factors for exercise based on real life cases.
- Discuss the interrelatedness of stress, nutrition, exercise and weight management for a healthy quality of life.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Components of fitness
- Strength and endurance
- Personal behavioral plan
- Nutrition and health
- Impacts of stress
- Exercise
- Healthy Indiana Plan
- Healthy People 2020
- Resting heart rate
- Flexibility
- Muscle strength and endurance
- Weight management
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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