EXSC 487 - Principles and Applications of Fitness Training

Credits: 3

This course will focus on the development of sport-specific training plans to optimize athletic performance and reduce the risk of injury. Students will demonstrate the ability to perform a sport-specific needs analysis and manipulate the program variables of resistance, power, anaerobic capacity, aerobic, agility, speed, and balance training to enhance athletic performance. Students will integrate the program variables into a periodized program design that focuses on stimulating specific adaptations while balancing the need for proper rest and recovery to prevent overtraining. Students will administer and participate in the components of a training session, assessments utilized to measure athletic fitness components, and will review the technique of basic strength and power exercises.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 121 and BIOL 122

Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring

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