Appropriate for First Year students.

TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
11:45am-12:35pm
MWF
Woodruff PE Center Cybex Area
Jill Welkley. PPF. 12023 TBA.

January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010

Catalog Description: Fall, spring. Cybex machines and freestanding exercise stations used for muscle strength, muscle fitness, and muscle endurance training.

Semester Details:

Content: Course Objectives: To improve and/or maintain muscular strength and endurance as well as cardiovascular endurance, to enhance the students practical and cognitive knowledge in fitness and nutrition concepts, and to establish a sound, individual exercise program that may be maintained throughout life. The main activity component of this class will be resistance training using the Cybex machine circuit. NO free weights will be used.

Particulars: Fulfills Principles of Physical Fitness requirement. Two written quizzes. Pre and post physical fitness assessment. Textbook required. Other forms of cardiovascular and strength activities will be incorporated throughout the semester.

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. Fahey, et al. Mayfield Publishers, 8th ed., 2008. Fit and Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness.

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