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| 1. Description - |
| Resistance exercises combined with an aerobic activity. Students must provide their own fitness mat.
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| Prerequisite: None
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| Co-requisite: None
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| Advisory: None
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| 2. Course Objectives - |
| The student will be able to:
- Define and explain components of health related fitness and design an aerobic training program for improvement of cardiovascular health.
- Identify, measure and evaluate personal fitness level and progress toward optimal fitness.
- Demonstrate correct biomechanics related to dance, strength and flexibility exercises.
- Recognize basic physiological and psychological benefits of a regular aerobic training program.
- Explain the basic purpose of progression in exercise program and every exercise session.
- Describe the benefits of an aerobic dance program as a life long activity.
- Understand the principles of core training and the overall benefits of core control.
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| 3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment - |
| Fitness mat, classroom for chalk-talk and video reviews.
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| 4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) - |
| - Fitness Components
- Muscular strength, endurance, flexibility; cardiovascular endurance; body composition.
- Cardiovascular principles: activity, frequency, intensity, duration.
- Pre and Post test
- 1-mile run and perceived exertion
- sit-ups and push-up test
- flexibility: (reclined hamstring stretch), (dog and hand-lock) and (cobra)
- Instructor provides explanation and demonstration of basic dance moves
- instructor allows for repetition of dance moves without music and with music before increasing speed of movement or complexity of moves (choreography)
- instructor provides modifications and variations as needed for safety and challenge
- Benefits of aerobic exercise combined with strength
- physiological development – heart health and promote muscle growth
- psychological – self knowledge, self awareness, improved confidence
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| 5. Repeatability - Moved to header area. |
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| 6. Methods of Evaluation - |
| - Written and/or oral evaluation will be made by instructor regarding students knowledge related to:
- Benefits or aerobic training; types of aerobic activity; safety and injury prevention techniques (warm-up/cool-down); fitness components and prescription of aerobic exercise program.
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| 7. Representative Text(s) - |
| Handouts will be provided.
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| 8. Disciplines - |
| Human Performance
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| 9. Method of Instruction - No content |
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| 10. Lab Content - |
| This is a PE activity course. All lab content is covered under course content.
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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 - No content |
| 13. Need/Justification - |
| This course meets the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.
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