Personal Fitness & Wellness
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This course explores numerous topics related to overall lifestyle, health, fitness and aging. Specific topics focus on understanding personal choice and the responsibility for health and wellness through lifestyle choices. Topics include personal risk assessment, understanding health care costs, weight control, flexibility and stress management. The course culminates with the development of a personal health and fitness plan. Throughout the course selected practical experiences, such as fitness assessments and caloric intake/expenditure estimates are provided to guide the learning process.
Course Objectives
After completing this Personal Fitness & Wellness course, you will be able to:
Understand the health care costs in the USA.
Understand the specific health and disease challenges within our society.
Assess personal health risk through evaluation of fitness parameters and lifestyle choices.
Understand the changing health and fitness challenges with aging.
Understand the basic response to cardiovascular and strength based exercise programs.
Understand the importance of flexibility and ‘back’ health.
Understand the causes of daily stress and selected management techniques.
Understand the basic role of diet and general nutrition in overall health.
Understand how to design and basic exercise program oriented towards addressing my personal health and fitness goals.
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