Exercise Fitness and Health Course
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Excercise, Fitness and Health Home Study Course
Level 3 Award in Health, Exercise and Fitness HEALTH, EXERCISE AND FITNESS This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge to begin or develop a career in the health, exercise and fitness industry. It also provides all the information and resources needed to educate people on how to lead healthier lifestyles. The health and fitness industry is becoming increasingly important and dominant in today’s society. There should always be a demand for jobs and career in this industry as people strive to lead healthier, active lifestyles. The need to be fit and healthy is an essential commodity of life. People are constantly looking for ideas and solutions on how to lose weight, how to exercise safely and what exercise to do. This course offers you the chance to understand what you can do and ultimately need to do in order to lead a healthier lifestyle. It gives you the theoretical knowledge and offers practical ideas on how to set about shaping yours and others’ lifestyles in order to increase health and fitness. The course will first of all focus on gaining a sound knowledge base on what we mean by the concepts Health, Exercise and Fitness. It will address the essential components of fitness and examine how these can be tested. The ability to take part in exercise depends on your level of fitness which can be improved through regular training and exercise. Methods of training will be analysed to give practical ideas on what type of training you can do and how to do it. Guidance will be given on how to plan training programmes and sessions effectively. Practical examples of training programmes and sessions will be included. This course will also look at factors that affect sporting performance both physiology and psychologically. These factors will determine how improved fitness levels and healthier lifestyles are achieved. One unit will focus on the impact of diet and nutrition on health and fitness. Essential nutritional requirements will be lookedatand how to compose a balanced diet. The dietary requirements of an athlete will also be studied. Injury will be covered in another unit. Ways of preventing injury will be evaluated and discussed. You will gain an insight into how to recognise and treat different injuries and this will prepare you with basic first aid knowledge. N.B. Completing this course does not mean that you are First Aid qualified. There will be seven units that will give you detailed knowledge about the different body systems and how they enable us to exercise, and the effects that exercise has on them. These units will give you a clear understanding of how your body is structured, how the body organs work and how the different systems work in unison to ensure your body functions effectively and to its maximum potential. The final unit looks at the role of stress and anxiety on sporting performance. It gives an insight into the physiological and psychological characteristics of these two closely connected forms of tension. You will be given practical ideas on how to cope with and manage stress. At the end of this course you will be able to plan exercise and nutritional programmes for individuals taking into account their individual differences in terms of age, gender, weight and fitness level. Pre-requisites The only requirements are an active interest in the subject and a reasonable level of literacy.
Support Tutor support is available 7 days per week via email by a fully qualified Fitness instructor. This will last for a full 12 months from the day you receive the course. Can I obtain employment after completing this course? As with all distance learning courses, you will need practical experience before applying for a job in a gym, so why not approach your gym managers as a volunteer to gain practical experience? Qualification Level 3 Award in Health, Exercise and Fitness. Plus a UK Open Learning Diploma At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Level 3 NCFE Award certificate of achievement. That means that it is independently accreditedata level of learning equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland” Further information
Study Details This course can be studied at your own pace and there are no deadlines for assignments. However, you must complete the course within 12 months from the date you received the course. To complete this course will take in the region of 100 study hours, which can be spread over a 12 month period. How does the course work? We send you the complete course by courier and you complete a series of assignments which you can e-mail or post to your tutor.
Is there a word count for my assignments? There is no specific word count but you have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions. One sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit them. Payment Plan You can choose to pay in full at the time of ordering, or you can pay in monthly instalments.
Course Content Unit 1 – Defining the Concepts Health, Exercise and Fitness
Unit 2 – Understanding the components of Fitness and how to test them
Unit 3 – Ways to improve Fitness – training methods
Unit 4 – Planning Training and Fitness Programmes
Unit 5 – Factors affecting Sporting Performance
Unit 6 – Safety in Sport
Unit 7 – Diet and Nutrition
Unit 8 – Body systems – the skeletal system
Unit 9 – The muscular system
Unit 10 – The Cardiovascular System
Unit 11 – The Respiratory System
Unit 12 – The Digestive System
Unit 13 – The Nervous System
Unit 14 – The Endocrine System
Unit 15 – Stress and Anxiety in Sport
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