Exercise Testing and Prescription

Catalog description

This course focuses on exercise testing and prescription for healthy populations and special considerations such as children, older adults, pregnancy, and diseased populations. This course includes lab experiences for assessment methods for cardiovascular and muscular fitness, body composition and flexibility, and an examination of the principles for prescribing cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility exercise. Students will be prepared for and encouraged to take examinations by the American College of Sports Medicine (either that of the personal trainer or for clinical exercise physiologist).