Fundamentals of Exercise Prescription

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Course Outline

  1. Principles of Exercise Prescription
  2. FITT Principle Components
  3. Exercise Intensity Prescription
  4. Response and Non-Response
  5. Physiological Benefits of Exercise
  6. Factors Influencing Response
  7. Clinical Exercise Considerations
  8. Pre-Exercise Screening
  9. Warm-up and Cool-down
  10. Monitoring Exercise Intensity
  11. Exercise Adherence Challenges
  12. Behavioral Change Stages

1. Principles of Exercise Prescription

Key Concepts & Definitions

Exercise Prescription
Exercise prescription refers to the systematic planning and application of specific exercise parameters to achieve targeted health or performance outcomes. It involves selecting appropriate types, intensities, durations, and frequencies of exercise to optimize benefits while ensuring safety and individual suitability.

Safe Practice
Safe practice in exercise prescription emphasizes implementing exercise programs that minimize the risk of injury or adverse events. This includes considerations such as pre-exercise screening, warm-up routines, cool-down procedures, and monitoring exercise intensity to tailor activities to individual health status and capabilities.

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1. Who is credited with proposing the FITT principle in exercise prescription?

2. What is a key characteristic of the exercise intensity component in the FITT principle?

3. What is considered the gold standard method for determining physiological thresholds such as ventilatory and metabolic thresholds during exercise?

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Exercise prescription — definition?

Systematic planning of exercise parameters for health or performance.

Safe practice — focus?

Minimize injury and adverse events during exercise.

Progression — purpose?

Gradually increase exercise stimulus for continued adaptation.

Volume — what?

Total amount of exercise performed, like duration or repetitions.

Adaptation — result?

Physiological or psychological changes from consistent exercise.

FITT — components?

Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type.

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