Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
AS10118: Gym and fitness instruction |
 Credits: |
10 |
| Level: |
Certificate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Academic Year at City of Bath College | |
| Academic Year at Weymouth College |
| Assessment: |
CW 40%, PR 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: |
While taking this unit you must take AS10117 |
| Description: | Aims: This unit will enable the student to demonstrate competence in planning, teaching and evaluating exercise sessions to adults, unsupervised. It also gives students the opportunity to obtain the Central YMCA Qualifications Gymnasium level 2 certificate as an additionality. Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit students will: * Instruct safe and effective resistance training methods * Instruct safe and effective cardiovascular training methods * Produce a single detailed plan for a safe and effective gym based exercise session * Teach a planned gym based exercise session to adults * Evaluate the teaching session * Demonstrate effective customer care. Skills: * Communication * Application of Number * Information Technology * Basic Management Skills Content: * The screening process * Gym health and safety procedures * Devising a gym exercise programme * gym warm- ups * Cardiovascular machines teaching points * Resistance machines teaching points * free weights teaching points * Safe and effective cool down * Session evaluation * Deal with injuries and signs of illness * Emergency procedures * Conduct CPR. |