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| 1. Description - |
| Introduction to fitness walking. Includes basic principles of exercise and how they relate to fitness walking.
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| Prerequisite: None
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| Co-requisite: None
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| Advisory: This course is included in the Cardio Fitness Family of activity courses; not open to students with credit in H P 16.
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| 2. Course Objectives - |
| The student will be able to:
- recognize health benefits of fitness walking.
- explain the concepts of fitness walking.
- discuss misconceptions of walking.
- demonstrate and practice proper body mechanics involved in walking.
- discuss sound techniques for preventing, recognizing, and caring for common exercise related injuries.
- formulate personal walking program.
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| 3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment - |
| None required.
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| 4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) - |
| - Health benefits of walking
- Cardiovascular fitness
- Muscle endurance
- Flexibility
- Body composition
- Weight control
- Walking techniques
- Arm swing
- Leg stride
- Foot placement
- Arm/leg synchronization
- Cardiovascular training principles
- Intensity
- Duration
- Frequency
- Prevention and care of injuries
- Strains and pulls
- R.I.C.E. principles
- Proper diet
- Nutrient analysis
- Dietary fluids
- Cultural and ethnic influences in walking programs
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| 5. Repeatability - Moved to header area. |
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| 6. Methods of Evaluation - |
| - Physical skills and techniques will be assessed by direct instructor observation
- Design for personal walking program
- Log of completed walks, mileage and heart rates
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| 7. Representative Text(s) - |
| Caron, Marnie. Walking for Fitness the Beginners Handbook. British Columbia. Canada: Greystone Books, 2007.
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| 8. Disciplines - |
| Physical Education
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| 9. Method of Instruction - |
| - Lecture
- Laboratory
- Demonstration
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| 10. Lab Content - |
| - Health benefits of walking
- Walking Techniques
- Cardiovascular Training Principles
D . Prevention and care of walking injuries
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| 11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section. |
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| 12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments - |
| The student will read journals, handouts, applicable internet web sites for personal research related to improving their endurance and health.
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| 13. Need/Justification - |
| This course satisfies the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.
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