Option Sport II - Metodology of Fitness Classes

Recommended Prerequisites

Practice of music group fitness classes; control of physical execution on the musical structure in group activities / fitness.

Teaching Methods

Teaching sessions of collective nature, tutorial sessions type of personal guidance, projects, field work, self-study. At the end of the semester students will prepare and present a lesson structure, respecting the guidelines provided along the contact sessions.

Learning Outcomes

Development of teaching strategies adapted to fitness classes.

Evaluation, planning and pedagogical intervention considering the level of students' abilities.

Deepening of scientific knowledge related to the teaching of different types of fitness classes (toning, body & mind and bootcamp).

At the end of the semester the student should be able to prepare a fitness class, structuring the movements correctly and safely and respecting the music and/or time structure.

Should be able to adapt the intensity of the class to different types of populations and interact with them (both technically as motivational).

Work Placement(s)

Yes

Syllabus

Toning: characteristics, execution speeds, types of contraction and muscular approach methodologies.

Muscle groups and movement laboratory

Construction and teaching of sequences of muscle toning exercises

Body and Mind: characteristics and approaches. Motor skills and body awareness

Flexibility/mobility and strength work

Construction of exercise sequences for mobility/flexibility work

Bootcamp: characteristics and approaches

Preparing and building bootcamp training plans.

Head Lecturer(s)

Alain Guy Marie Massart

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 10.0%
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 50.0%

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.