Fitness Instruction And Personal Training
You will be encouraged to use knowledge gained in the subdisciplines of sport and exercise, as well as contemporary research, to assist in the planning and designing of safe and effective exercise/training sessions that are relevant to the performer (e.g., based on personal lifestyle needs and goals) and in the preparation of a magazine article. This knowledge may include aspects of health and fitness, exercise adherence, behaviour change, lifestyle management, sociological perspectives, anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, and movement analysis, depending on the modules that have been, or are being, studied. Instructing/coaching/teaching skills will be developed. You will be provided with the opportunity to practice your teaching and communication skills, and to observe, analyse, reflect on and modify them, in order to ensure that the performer progresses. The organisational context of fitness instruction and personal training (skills, qualifications, register of exercise professionals), including requirements for self-employment as well as working in a club, will be considered, as well as risk assessment, duty of care, health and safety, data protection, legal requirements and professional obligations particular to exercise to music, fitness instruction and personal training. The aim of the module is to prepare you to achieve a professional award (Level 2 in fitness instruction in the context of exercise to music, or a Level 3 certificate in personal training, as appropriate). You may opt to take this qualification following successful completion of the module.
Module code: SPOR60536