SISFFIT041 - Develop personalised exercise programs

    Unit code: SISFFIT041 | Study level: TAFE
    Credit points
    N/A
    Location
    Footscray Park
    Werribee
    Prerequisites
    N/A
    Overview
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    Overview

    This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to develop exercise programs and a series of sessions tailored to individual client needs, exercise preferences and fitness goals.
    It requires the ability to integrate information from pre-exercise screenings, fitness assessments, and any medical guidance that may have been received for particular clients, to design suitable programs. Skills for instructing sessions are covered in a complementary unit.
    Program design involves effective application of exercise science and training 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 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 for three clients, to collectively include:
    • a female adult client
    • a male adult client
    • a client for whom medical guidance has been received
    • consistently use client-centred communication to identify each of the above client’s program needs and preferences
    • for each of the above three clients, develop and document four personalised session plans, each with a minimum duration of 45 minutes
    • across the above 12 sessions collectively, incorporate both indoor and outdoor sessions and the following types of exercises:
    • cardiovascular
    • resistance
    • flexibility
    • low and high impact
    • exercises that target the:
    • health related components of fitness
    • skill related components of fitness
    • exercises with and without equipment.

    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 exercise prescription and relationship to duty of care
    • type of client information provided by pre-exercise screening and fitness assessment processes, and implications for exercise programming:
    • client needs and exercise preferences
    • client body composition data
    • client fitness data and indication of suitable exercise intensity
    • types of client guidance that may be provided by medical and allied health professionals and implications for exercise programming:
    • injury management protocols
    • contraindications and precautions for types of exercise for those with medical conditions and health risk factors
    • exercise recommendations for client health improvement and collaborative rehabilitation
    • factors that affect the design of personalised exercise programs:
    • physical differences that need to be considered for:
    • adults of different sexes
    • older people
    • antenatal, postnatal, menopausal and post-menopausal women
    • exercise history and current abilities
    • desired frequency of training sessions
    • client goals
    • client-centred communication techniques for establishing and building trust and rapport, and how they may vary depending on individual client characteristics
    • the meaning of the following components of fitness, and how exercises can target client goals and improvements for each:
    • health related components:
    • cardiovascular endurance
    • muscle strength
    • muscle endurance
    • flexibility
    • body composition
    • skill related components:
    • power
    • speed
    • agility
    • coordination
    • balance
    • reaction time
    • proprioception
    • different types of high and low impact exercises and equipment that can be used:
    • cardiovascular exercises:
    • continuous
    • interval
    • resistance exercises using:
    • free weights
    • gym equipment including weight machines
    • body weight
    • flexibility exercises:
    • dynamic
    • static
    • benefits and impacts on the body of different types of exercises and specific injury prevention strategies
    • how different types of exercises can be combined and sequenced for safety and optimum effectiveness
    • how to effectively apply and combine exercise science principles to the design of personalised exercise programs and sessions to target client goals
    • how the FITT (frequency, intensity, time and type) principle is used to structure exercise programs and sessions
    • the principle of recovery, its importance and how this relates to different types of exercise for:
    • cardiovascular endurance training
    • muscle strength and endurance training
    • neuromuscular coordination training
    • flexibility training
    • established phases of exercise sessions, their underpinning rationale and timing for each within designated time of session:
    • warm up
    • main workout
    • cool down and stretches
    • components of exercise sessions, and how they can be used effectively to target client goals:
    • exercise order
    • volume and intensity and load of exercises
    • repetitions and sets
    • repetition tempo
    • rest intervals
    • training techniques that can be used in personalised exercise sessions, how they can be used, and considerations for their use:
    • supersets
    • drop sets
    • pre-fatigue techniques
    • plyometric training
    • interval training including high intensity interval training (HIIT)
    • circuit training
    • fartlek
    • format and inclusions of documented:
    • exercise programs
    • exercise session plans
    • client profile and client evaluation records.

    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.

    As part of a course

    This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

    Certificate IV in Fitness
    SIS40221 | Certificate iv | Duration:

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