Gym Instructing
This is a four day practical course.
- Programme Design
- Knowledge will be provided to produce a planned programme in relation to a clients specific goals, likes and dislikes and health related issues.
- Health Screening
- A fundamental process, which provides the foundation to a programme. In order to plan appropriate activity over a period of time, there is a need to identify any reason for adaption to the programme or referral to medical professionals.
- Preparing people for exercise
- Within this component the specific components of a warm up are discussed and put into effect by each student planning and delivering a safe and effective warm up.
- Resistance Training
- An area covering both resistance and free-weights. The trainee instructor will learn a broad range of exercises and understand the basic principles of resistance programme design and delivery.
- Cardiovascular Training
- This subject teaches the trainee instructor the basic principles of cardiovascular training programmes and knowledge of the most frequently used cardiovascular machines in the gym.
- Relaxation and Stretching
- Enables the learner to understand the structure and content of an effective stretch component and cool down including the basic physiological adaptations that occur in the body and techniques for developmental stretching.
- Health and Safety
- This area will provide the instructor with an understanding of the legal requirements of health and safety requirements within the working environment.
- Teaching Skills
- Discussed and practiced regularly to identify qualities of an instructor needed to assist in a successfully delivered session.
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Assessment
Following the gym course assessment of the written gym plan and the practical delivery of this session will take place. This will be approximately two weeks after the course.
All components of the gym session will be planned in detail to show an understanding of the basic principles of programme design. The practical delivery allows the trainee instructor to demonstrate their teaching skills in the delivery of a safe effective session with a client.
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