4. Designing PT Programmes
Essential Lecture #2
Static & Dynamic Testing
Lecture Content
- Fitness Testing Overview
- Considerations
- Setting Appropriate Tests
- Static Testing
- Dynamic Testing
- Testing Cycle, Progression, Benchmarks & Retests
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Essential Lecture #3
Exercise Adaptations and Recommendations
Lecture Content
- Organisations to Consult
- Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
- Different Age Ranges and Conditions
- Further CMO Considerations - long & short term benefits
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Essential Lecture #4
The Role of a Personal Trainer
Lecture Content
- The Role of the Personal Trainer
- Scope of Practice
- Continuing to Learn and Develop
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Essential Lecture #5
Lifestyle Management & Behaviours
Lecture Content
- Lifestyle Management and Behaviours
- Damaging Factors
- Enhancing Factors
- Making Changes
- Behaviour Change Models
- Motivational Interviewing
- Enhancing Factors
- The Two Types of Motivation
- Dropping Out of Exercise
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Essential Lecture #6
Principles of Fitness
Lecture Content
- Characteristics of Fitness
- Components of Physical Fitness
- Making Improvements
- Skill
- Principles of Fitness
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Essential Lecture #7
Training Systems
Lecture Content
- Supersets
- Tri-sets
- Giant Set
- Matrix 21s
- Drop-sets
- Pyramids
- German Volume Training
- Negatives
- Forced Reps
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Essential Lecture #8
Goal Setting
Lecture Content
- Goal Setting
- SMART Goals
- Periodisation
- Further Considerations
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Essential Lecture #9
Stretching
Lecture Content
- Stretching
- Reciprocal Inhibition
- General Warmup
- Cooldown
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Essential Lecture #10
Cardiovascular (CV) Training
Lecture Content
- Low Intensity Steady State (LISS)
- Medium Intensity, Medium Duration
- High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
- Aerobic Interval Training
- Anaerobic Interval Training
- Fartlek Training
- Circuit Training
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Essential Lecture #11
Resistance Training
Lecture Content
- Resistance Training
- Principles of Resistance Training
- Managing the Principles
- Different Types of Training
- International Guidelines
- How these Guidelines Might Differ from Others
- Hypertrophy
- Strength
- Power
- Monitoring Exertion in Resistance Training
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Essential Lecture #12
Periodisation
Lecture Content
- Periodisation
- General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
- Volume & Intensity
- Rest & Recovery
- Overtraining & Burnout
- Periodisation Models
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