PE 185PCW - Physical Conditioning - Weight Training

1 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Ability to lift weights and use cardio equipment.

Course Description: Encompasses body composition evaluation, fitness assessments, a variety of the newest fitness industry weight training programs/activities − such as EMOMs and supersets − that involve muscle endurance and strength, aerobic activities for improved cardiovascular endurance and circulation, and stretching for flexibility. Students meet with the instructor and create an individual workout based on components of best practices in the fitness industry. Incorporates fitness and weight lifting activities to accommodate each student’s ability and need by designing a workout to address individual performance levels and student goals.

Course is repeatable.

Course Level: Lower Division Collegiate

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Participation and class interaction to improve fitness components.
CLO#2: Demonstrate improvement in personal performance levels. (ILO: Critical Thinking)
CLO#3: Display self-management skills by organizing and maintaining information of personal records and set SMART Goals.
CLO#4: Demonstrate lifting proficiency by self-monitoring lifting forms that improve general health and fitness status according to performance and safety levels.
CLO#5: Demonstrate mastery in concepts and forms of Tabata, EMOM, TRX, circuit, cluster, flexibility, mobility/functional, super-set, and tri-set training methods.
CLO#6: Demonstrate a functional ability to discuss common fitness terms. (ILO: Communication)