ADVANCED AEROBICS HOME STUDY COURSE
Course Code: BRE208
Fee Code: S1
Number of Lessons: 6
Duration of Hours: 100
CONTENT
There are 6 lessons in this course:
1. Organising a Class
- Understanding differences in anaerobic and aerobic energy supply
- The importance of proper breathing
- Different training responses
- Movements in aerobics
- Methods of teaching
- Music and sound systems
2. Safety and Efficiency
- What is safety
- Incorrect exercises
- Safety in other aerobic activities
- First aid considerations
- Oxygen equipment
- Identifying hazards
- Legal liability
- Negligence
- How to provide protection for yourself
- Pre-screnning of clients and medical clearance
- Insurance
3. Managing the Workload
- Fitness and heart rates
- Fitness tests and assessment
- What do we test
- What can we measure
- Body weight and percentage fat
- Hydrostatic - underwater weighing
- Lung capacity
- Cardiovascular scoring
- Field evaluation of cardiorespiratory endurance
- 12 Minute fitness test
- Designing fitness tests
- Test conditions and test combinations
4. Teaching
- Managing exercise programs
- Devising sets of relevant exercises
- Types of classes
- Classes for different types of people
- Motivational factors
- Dealing with complaints
5. Class Design
- Fitness/Aerobics Class Design
- Recommended Practices
- Writing a exercise program
- A typical aerobics class - Introduction, warm up, main exercises and recovery.
- Muscle conditioning during the class
- Concluding the exercise program
- Exercises for specific problems
6. Leadership and Participation
- Leadership concepts
- Leadership responsibilities
- Leadership communication
- Common communication barriers
- Understanding body language
- Desirable leadership characteristics
Learning Outcomes
Plan and organise effective cohesive exercises to use with music and for progressive longDevise sets of relevant exercises into class programsRelate sequences of exercises to music tracksPurchase a tape and map out various songs using correct music mappingLearn the Add On, Link and Linear Progression methods of teaching aerobicsGain a knowledge of music licensingRecognise and observe all guidelines for safety and efficiency of movement.Design exercise to music classes, using safe exercise practices and movements.Understand equipment considerations, maintenance and usage.Understand the importance of ventilation, temperature, floor surface, hygiene, correctclothing and footwear.Determine different class intensity and durationMeasure the workload during a class, and use training components to design classes that are well graded.Compose correct techniques in exercising and teach by example and verbal instruction,Understand recommended practises - layering, visual preview, choreography and phrasing.Identify the different components of a class.Explain how to cater for different levels of fitness and special populations.Lead an exercise to music class, using appropriate teaching principles.Participate in a variety of exercise to music classes, moving in a controlled and efficient manner.Identify common injuries, treatment and prevention, for participants in aerobics classes.Identify current trends, facts and fallacies concerning aerobics.
Why Study the Course?
This is a great course to choose, if you want to not only learn about the subject now;
but keep learning after you finish studying. We believe a good course should not only
develop intelligence and knowledge; but also:
- Improve your ability to communicate with others within the discipline
- Develop problem solving skills relevant to this discipline
- Expand awareness and develop creativity
- Facilitate networking (develop contacts within an industry)
- Develop attributes that set you apart from others in your industry
- Motivate you, build confidence, and more
According to some authorities, success is actually only affected about 20% by your knowledge and intelligence.
Our school works at helping you in a holistic way, to develop all of the things
mentioned above, in a way that relates to the discipline you are studying; and
in this way, giving you the capacity to apply yourself to unanticipated problems,
to understand new information as it emerges, to see and seize on new opportunities
as they reveal themselves, and to continue to grow your abilities within your discipline
as you progress through life after study.
In a world that is changing faster all the time; it is difficult to even be certain how this industry
might change between the start of your course, and the time you finish studying.
With this in mind; any course that is to have long term value in today's world, must develop
broad generic skills (as above). This approach to education is not unique to ACS, but it is
an approach tested, proven and adopted in our courses; and an approach that is also used
by some of the most successful, cutting edge universities and colleges around the world.
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DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE ADVANCED AEROBICS
Learn how to maintain a healthy heart, lungs and circulatory system
Aerobic fitness is critical to maintaining a quality of life and ability to simply move easily without pain or difficulty; whatever age a person is.
This course develops both an understanding of aerobic fitness, and a capacity to help others maintain their level of aerobic fitness, whether as a fitness leader, life coach, sports or health professional, concerned friend or in any other capacity whatsoever.