Pratical Sports - Metodology of Fitness Classes

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Education sessions in group with tutorial kind of personal guidance in practical classes, fieldwork inserted in specific tasks carried out in practical classes.

Learning Outcomes

The course aims to promote interest and knowledge through an area in continuous expansion and with a vast labor market.

In terms of general objectives, the student should:

1. To master a set of contents that allows him to elaborate a group lesson structure;

2. Acquire and master several basic and complex primary movements, both with materials and with body weight;

3. Acquire theoretical-practical knowledge about the teaching-learning process, teaching methodology and intervention techniques in class.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Concepts of Wellness, Fitness;

- Structure of a fitness class;

- Trends of the Fitness Market: HIIT, Bootcamp, Toning, Functional, Body & Mind;

- Primary movements and possible combinations with the aid of equipment or body weight;

- Construction methodologies / planning classes.

Head Lecturer(s)

Alain Guy Marie Massart

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 30.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 70.0%

Bibliography

*ACSM Fitness Book. American College of Sports Medicine – 2ª ed. 1998

* ACSM's Guidelines for exercise testing and prescription - 9th Ed. 1998

* Sobral, F. (2014)  Exercício, saude e cultura de fitness, Visao e Contextos

* NASM (2012) Essencials of personal fitness training.