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LWA 161 - Suspension Training

Credits: 1
Instructional Contact Hours: 2

Provides a form of bodyweight resistance training for all fitness levels that involves a special harness apparatus to develop muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, balance, cardiorespiratory endurance and stability of joints. 

Lecture Hours: 15 Lab Hours: 15
Meets MTA Requirement: None
Pass/NoCredit: Yes

Outcomes and Objectives  

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the health-related components of fitness as they relate to wellness.
    1. Identify activities and criteria that meet the FITT principle for each component.
    2. Explore how the FITT principles of the five health-related components of fitness can impact student's overall wellness.
    3. Describe how the health-related components of fitness impact chronic disease risk.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of healthy nutrition.
    1. List all macronutrients along with their caloric values, healthy food sources, relationship to healthy diet, and roles in the body.
    2. Explain the importance of micronutrients and their role in a healthy diet.
    3. Demonstrate an ability to think critically about nutritional claims and differentiate myth from fact.
  3. Demonstrate knowledge of major muscle groups.
    1. Identify the location of the major muscle groups.
    2. Give examples of exercises to strengthen the major muscle groups.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of heart rate training.
    1. Demonstrate how to take, monitor, and calculate resting heart rates, exercise heart rates, and training zones.
    2. Explain how the training zones impact cardiovascular training principles.
  5. Demonstrate an understanding of the dimensions of wellness.
    1. Identify and define the dimensions of wellness.
    2. Explain, with examples from their lives, what contributes to or detracts from the various dimensions of wellness.
  6. Demonstrate various suspension training exercises using safe and proper technique.
    1. Describe the importance of suspension training warm-up and cool-down
    2. Demonstrate suspension training exercises applying safe and effective technique appropriate to individual fitness levels.
    3. Demonstrate an understanding of various suspension training workouts and principles.



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