ESC 220 Strength and Fitness Training and Assessment
Covers skills, knowledge, techniques, and strategies specific to health and performance related to physical fitness. This is applicable to both personal fitness programs and educational settings. This course addresses the scientific basis of designing exercise programs for healthy individuals. Principles of overload, progression, and specific are covered as well as intensity, frequency, duration, and mode. Various methods of training (endurance, interval, resistance, cross-training) are feathered. Ability to search the current literature via online resources, evaluate strength of research (based on principles taught at the onset of ASEC), and presenting research concerning "evidence-based practice" (EBP) would be included.