FLS 120 Fitness Assessment & Exercise Prescription - Field Techniques

Course introduces students to exercise prescription principles and exercise program design. Students learn to prescribe exercise for healthy populations or populations with medically controlled disease. Exercise type, volume, progression, client motivation, goals, safety, and enjoyment are emphasized.

Credits

3

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Identify the basic components of fitness, common field assessments, and the relationship between physical activity and health
2. Assess basic fitness components
3.. Develop exercise prescriptions for both general and special populations
4. Research, recognize, discern and analyze current fitness-industry practices, trends and current topics of importance to the industry