Health Exercise Coaching (7cr)

Objective

Students will be able to work as a personal trainer, conduct fitness tests and compile goal-oriented exercise programmes.
They will also be able to provide personal nutrition and exercise advice.

Content

Fitness testing and programming
Exercise and nutrition counselling
Working as a personal trainer

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students are able to work as fitness coaches/personal trainers using a comprehensive knowledge base. They can give reasons for and critically assess their own actions and develop the counselling process. They use apt terminology with expertise. The students are able to work independently in customer situations.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students apply the exercise counselling process in a customer oriented manner. They are able to use the concepts and terminology of exercise counselling and coaching systematically. They can give reasons for their actions using theory.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students are able to carry out fitness testing safely and to a high standard. They can follow the exercise counselling process. The students can recognise the difference between every-day and research based knowledge and use the main professional concepts of their chosen field.

Further information

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