SPORTS CONDITIONING: ATHLETIC FITNESS TRAINING

Course Overview:
The focus of this course is advanced fitness for the general population and recreational athletes as well for those individuals who wish to work with adult competitive athletes at any level. Aerobic training zone theory, adaptations to strength training, plyometric, eccentric training, yearly planning and periodization. Total preparation of the athlete and development of performance models are emphasized.

Prerequisite: Personal Training Certification

Course detailed description:

• Exercise Physiology review
  • Muscle Fibers
  • Motor Units
  • Energy Systems
  • Lactic acid and fatigue
• Sports analysis
  • Determining What Needs to Be Trained
  • Time Motion & Video Analysis
  • Biomechanical Analysis
  • Elite Performance Analysis
  • Injury Analysis
• Aerobic Training Zones
  • Aerobic Threshold
  • Anaerobic Threshold
  • VO2 max
  • Measuring Training Zones
• Strength and Power Training
  • Types of Muscle Hypertrophy
  • Types of strength training
    • Absolute Strength
    • Relative Strength
    • Strength Endurance
    • Speed Strength: Explosive Strength & Starting Strength
  • Plyometrics
    • Program design
    • Practical Implication and testing
  • Jump training
    • Program design
    • Practical Implication
  • Eccentric training
    • Program design
    • Practical Implication
  • Anaerobic Alactic System Training
  • Lactic System training & Tolerance
  • Exercise Selection to improve performance
  • Strength training program design
  • Periodization : Macrocycles, Mesocycles & Microcycles
    • Periodization application
    • Yearly Planning
    • Phases in Yearly Training: Macrocycles, Mesocycles and Microcycles
  • Designing a Yearly Athletic Sports Conditioning Program

Delivery method: combination of online and Live (Gym) training

Duration: 3 hours/session; 1-2 sessions/week; for 2 months

30 CECs (16 CPDs)