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Fitness/Wellness Programming

Fitness/Wellness Programming. Lesson Objectives. Learn the basic components of a wellness program Learn the basic components of a fitness program Learn the basic programming principles of a fitness program Learn assessment features used in reviewing a fitness program. Where Does Fitness Fit?.

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Fitness/Wellness Programming

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  1. Fitness/Wellness Programming

  2. Lesson Objectives • Learn the basic components of a wellness program • Learn the basic components of a fitness program • Learn the basic programming principles of a fitness program • Learn assessment features used in reviewing a fitness program

  3. Where Does Fitness Fit? • Direct fitness programming – testing, monitoring, assessment • Direct delivery represents a physical education and kinesiology perspective • Indirect fitness programming – instructional, informal, intramural, club • A recreation and leisure studies application – fitness is a benefit and not a goal for staff to monitor

  4. Examples of Indirect Fitness Delivery Systems • Instructional sport and fitness • Informal sport and fitness • Intramural sport and fitness • Club sport and fitness

  5. Why Implement Fitness Programs? • Few Americans exercise enough • Women and elderly exercise less • People with higher incomes exercise more • The exercise boom has hit a plateau

  6. Why Recreational Sports? • Provides opportunity for physical fitness experiences • Involvement in physical activity leads to participation in spectrum of sport programs • Counteracts sedentary lifestyle and can improve physical health and wellness

  7. Wellness Concept • Active process; awareness, education and lifestyle changes • Wellness programs intended to assist individuals in making voluntary behavior changes • Reduction of health risks and enhancement of well-being • The optimal health of a person?

  8. Optimal Health • Emotional • Mental • Occupational • Physical • Spatial • Spiritual • Ideally you strive for complete BALANCE in these all of these facets of life

  9. Fitness Components and Programming • Cardiovascular endurance • Muscular strength • Muscular endurance • Flexibility (ROM) • Body composition • Neuromuscular development

  10. The F.I.T.T. Principle • Frequency • Intensity • Time/duration • Type of exercise

  11. Program Assessment • What kind of agency/organization do you operate in? • Who are your clients or constituency? • What kind of facilities do you have? • What kind of budget do you have?

  12. Program Design • Type of program (g.e./aerobics, aqua aerobics, power walking/jogging, muscular strength, stretching, interval training, weight lifting, cross training, exercise prescriptions, wellness programs, evaluative counseling/testing)

  13. Program Design (Continued) • Scheduling (availability of facilities, identifying demand for particular programs and determining priority, special equipment/facility needs, etc.) • Safety(staff and maintenance schedules, staff training, certifications, medical exams, liability waivers, PAR-Q’s)

  14. Program Design (Continued) • Budget (line items for each activity, specific operating costs, income/revenue, user fees, organizational goals/marketing strategies)

  15. Program Implementation • Promotion strategies • Staffing • Recruitment • Selection • Training • Supervision • Evaluation

  16. The Future…Trends • 39.7 million Americans exercised with free weights in 1995…up 62% since 1987 • 37 million people rode a stationary bike…12% increase • 30 million people used treadmills in 1995…525.7% increase • 20 million people used stair-climbers…857.9% increase • Use of rowing machines fell 22% since 1987

  17. Most Popular Fitness Equipment and Activities • Free weights • Stationary bicycles • Fitness walking • Running/jogging • Treadmills • Cycling • Swimming

  18. More Trends • Resistance machines • Stair-climbing machines • Low impact aerobics • Step aerobics • High impact aerobics • Cross country ski machines

  19. Charles Atlas is shown in 1970, left, as he approached his 78th birthday, and in his prime, right. Born Angelo Siciliano in Acri, Italy in 1893, he emigrated to the United States with his parents. Unhappy with his 97-pound physique, he took up body-building and eventually earned the title "America's Most Perfectly Developed Man." In 1922 he offered a body-building correspondence course. He died in 1972 at the age of 80 after battling a long illness.

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