Fitness/Wellness

Programming

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Lesson Objectives
Learn the basic components of a wellness
program
Learn the basic components of a fitness
program
Learn the basic programming principles of
a fitness program
Learn assessment features used in
reviewing a fitness program
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Where Does Fitness Fit?

Direct fitness programming testing,
monitoring, assessment
Direct delivery represents a physical
education and kinesiology perspective
Indirect fitness programming
instructional, informal, intramural, club
A recreation and leisure studies
application fitness is a benefit and
not a goal for staff to monitor
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Examples of Indirect
Fitness Delivery Systems
Instructional sport and fitness
Informal sport and fitness
Intramural sport and fitness
Club sport and fitness

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Why Implement Fitness

Programs?
Few Americans exercise enough
Women and elderly exercise less
People with higher incomes exercise
more
The exercise boom has hit a plateau

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Why Recreational Sports?

Provides opportunity for physical
fitness experiences
Involvement in physical activity leads
to participation in spectrum of sport
programs
Counteracts sedentary lifestyle and can
improve physical health and wellness

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Wellness Concept
Active process; awareness, education
and lifestyle changes
Wellness programs intended to assist
individuals in making voluntary
behavior changes
Reduction of health risks and
enhancement of well-being
The optimal health of a person?
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Optimal Health
Emotional
Mental
Occupational
Physical
Spatial
Spiritual
Ideally you strive for complete BALANCE
in these all of these facets of life
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Fitness Components and

Programming
Cardiovascular endurance
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance
Flexibility (ROM)
Body composition
Neuromuscular development
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The F.I.T.T. Principle

Frequency
Intensity
Time/duration
Type of exercise

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Program Assessment
What kind of agency/organization do
you operate in?
Who are your clients or constituency?
What kind of facilities do you have?
What kind of budget do you have?

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Program Design
Type of program
(g.e./aerobics, aqua aerobics, power
walking/jogging, muscular strength,
stretching, interval training, weight
lifting, cross training, exercise
prescriptions, wellness programs,
evaluative counseling/testing)

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Program Design (Continued)

Scheduling
(availability of facilities, identifying
demand for particular programs and
determining priority, special
equipment/facility needs, etc.)
Safety
(staff and maintenance schedules, staff
training, certifications, medical exams,
liability waivers, PAR-Qs)

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Program Design (Continued)

Budget
(line items for each activity, specific
operating costs, income/revenue, user
fees, organizational goals/marketing
strategies)

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Program Implementation
Promotion strategies
Staffing
Recruitment
Selection
Training
Supervision
Evaluation

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The FutureTrends
39.7 million Americans exercised with free
weights in 1995up 62% since 1987
37 million people rode a stationary bike
12% increase
30 million people used treadmills in 1995
525.7% increase
20 million people used stair-climbers
857.9% increase
Use of rowing machines fell 22% since 1987
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Most Popular Fitness

Equipment and Activities
1. Free weights
2. Stationary bicycles
3. Fitness walking
4. Running/jogging
5. Treadmills
6. Cycling
7. Swimming
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More Trends
8. Resistance machines
9. Stair-climbing machines
10. Low impact aerobics
11. Step aerobics
12. High impact aerobics
13. Cross country ski machines
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Charles Atlas is shown in 1970, left, as he approached his 78th

birthday, and in his prime, right. Born Angelo Siciliano in Acri, Italy in
1893, he emigrated to the United States with his parents. Unhappy with
his 97-pound physique, he took up body-building and eventually
earned the title "America's Most Perfectly Developed Man." In 1922 he
offered a body-building correspondence course. He died in 1972 at the
age of 80 after battling a long illness.