Strength and Conditioning Techniques

Catalog description

This course is designed to prepare students for a career in a fitness, wellness, and exercise-science field. Lecture and laboratory sessions provide students with a hands-on approach to identifying exercises from different training modalities, developing proper exercise technique, selecting appropriate equipment/technology, and applying this information to best practices in teaching and coaching. The course contents include fundamental applications of exercise techniques which are relevant to careers in coaching, exercise science, health & fitness, rehabilitation as well as strength training and conditioning. Emphasis will be placed on weight training and Olympic lifting, body weight and implement training, balance and instability training, corrective exercise, ballistic training, speed and agility training, plyometric training, flexibility training, and facility design. This course helps prepare students for applied segments of certification exams, i.e. the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist exam offered by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.