SISFFIT043 - Develop and instruct personalised exercise programs for body composition goals

Unit code: SISFFIT043 | Study level: TAFE

Credit points

N/A

Location

Footscray Park

Werribee

Prerequisites

N/A

Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to develop and instruct exercise programs and sessions specifically tailored to meet body composition goals for individual clients. Goals may relate to body composition maintenance or change. It covers skills for evaluating and modifying programs in response to client monitoring and feedback.
It requires the ability to integrate information from pre-exercise screenings, fitness assessments, and medical guidance that may have been received for particular clients, to design suitable programs.
Program design involves effective application of exercise science principles. This unit has a direct relationship with, and is supported by, SISFFIT049 Use exercise science principles in fitness instruction.This unit applies to personal trainers who work independently with clients using discretion and judgement to develop and instruct individually tailored client programs. They practise in settings such as fitness facilities, gyms, leisure and community centres, client workplaces and homes and outdoor locations.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:

develop and document one personalised exercise program that targets specific body composition goals for a total of three clients to collectively include:

a female adult
a male adult
a client seeking to lose weight or fat
a client seeking to build muscle or increase weight

for each of the above three clients:

take, record and interpret key body measurements
develop and document two personalised session plans, each with a minimum duration of 30 minutes

instruct two sessions for two of the above clients (four sessions in total), according to session plans, each with a minimum duration of 30 minutes
consistently use client-centred communication and instructional techniques
according to actual client interactions or case studies, evaluate the effectiveness of one client program, modify program and session content and document details of the evaluation and changes.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:

boundaries and responsibilities of fitness instructors in providing personalised body composition exercise prescription and relationship to duty of care
information and recommendations contained in fitness industry eating disorder publications, and how fitness instructors can effectively respond to behavioural warnings signs for:

eating disorders
excessive exercise disorders
body dysmorphic disorder
muscle dysmorphia

specific information related to body composition that is provided by pre-exercise screening and fitness assessment processes
key body measurements, how to take these, and their role as baseline and progress markers in body composition exercise programs:

height
weight
body mass index
body circumference including waist, hip and limbs
waist to hip ratio

strengths and limitations of commonly used methods for measuring body composition, information provided in reports and how fitness instructors use for programming purposes:

skinfold measurement and analysis
bioelectrical impedance analysis
air displacement plethysmography
DEXA (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry) scans

aspects of exercise science principles relevant to the design of programs and sessions targeting body composition goals
exercises that target body composition goals and types of equipment that can be used:

muscle maintenance and hypertrophy
fat loss

factors for consideration when selecting exercises for programs targeting body composition goals:

current physical activity status of client: sedentary and active as defined in established national guidelines for physical activity
building on existing strengths and positives
functional and equipment limitations due to existing body composition

definition and role of the following in developing and instructing exercise programs targeting body composition goals:
_ metabolism and resting metabolic rate

energy expenditure, energy intake and the balance between them for body composition maintenance and changes

basic concept of thermogenesis, including adaptive thermogenesis, and thermic effects of:

food
physical activity

instructional techniques relevant to the delivery of sessions targeting body composition goals including spotting for weight training
communication techniques used for clients with body composition goals:

establishing and maintaining individual rapport
motivating individuals to achieve goals, including techniques for intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
providing constructive feedback and positive reinforcement

methods used to evaluate effectiveness of personalised exercise programs:

ongoing informal discussions with client and targeted questions to elicit opinion about achievement of body composition goals
ongoing observation and measurement of client performance and improvements
staged formal assessments and comparison measurement.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the VUPolytechnic and/or via the VU Polytechnic e-learning system.