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Dec 01, 2024
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LWA 108 - Weight TrainingCredits: 1 Introduces a systematic program of body conditioning and development through the use of weight exercises to improve individual wellness. Credit may earned in only one of the following: LWA 108, LW 107, LW 108, or LW 109.
Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): None Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 30 Meets MTA Requirement: None Pass/NoCredit: Yes
Outcomes and Objectives
- Demonstrate the concepts and components of exercise and wellness principles.
- List and describe the five components of physical fitness and fitness activities that will improve each component.
- List and describe various weight training exercises and identify the muscle groups that are being used during that exercise.
- Identify and describe muscular anatomy of the human body and the function of the muscle group.
- Describe the purpose of a warm-up and cool-down and their importance to a weight training and/or fitness program.
- Define and describe muscular strength and muscular endurance. Differentiate between training principles for each.
- Define and describe the following weight training principles: overload, super set, drop set, pyramid, split training.
- Define and differentiate between isotonic, isometric, and isokinetic muscle contraction.
- Define and describe weight training terminology.
- Recognize various myths associated with weight training.
- Describe the food guide pyramid, list the energy sources and their caloric values.
- Recognize how muscle use and disuse influence atrophy and hypertrophy.
- Demonstrate the concepts and components of Weight Training.
- Demonstrate how to take, monitor, and calculate personal heart rates.
- Maintain daily class records showing the developing weight training program.
- Demonstrate various weight training exercises using safe and effective techniques.
- Demonstrate the concepts and components of exercise and wellness principles.
- Demonstrate how to determine, monitor, and calculate exercise heart rates and training zones.
- Know the following concepts and components of exercise and wellness principles.
- Describe and explain the five health-related components of fitness and give examples of activities that, when performed, meet the criteria for improving each component.
- Describe and explain the concept of warm-up and cool-down as they relate to physical activity.
- Identify the following large muscle groups and give examples of strengthening and stretching exercises for each: quadriceps, hamstrings, biceps, triceps, rectus abdominus, latissimus dorsi, gastrocnemius, gluteus maximus, pectorals, deltoids.
- Describe and explain the relationship of cardiac output and stroke volume to cardio respiratory endurance activities.
- List the six essential nutrients, the caloric value and food sources of each, and the relationship of each nutrient to the Food Guide Pyramid.
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