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Dec 10, 2024
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LWA 160 - Nordic WalkingCredits: 1 Introduces the concept of Nordic walking and instructs safe and effective techniques using the Nordic poles to enhance one's wellness. Includes conducting pre and post fitness assessment and developing a personal Nordic walking program.
Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): None Lecture Hours: 15 Lab Hours: 15 Meets MTA Requirement: None Pass/NoCredit: Yes
Outcomes and Objectives
- Describe and explain the concepts and components of Nordic Walking.
- Describe the difference between everyday walking, fitness walking, and Nordic walking.
- List the techniques of Nordic walking.
- List the principles of Nordic walking.
- Describe the parts of Nordic walking poles and their benefits.
- Compare the difference between exercise heart rate and recovery heart rate.
- Describe how the overload principle and an understanding of the exercise target zone are applied in Nordic walking.
- Describe how to select a good pair of shoes for Nordic walking.
- List appropriate exercises to use in a stretching program for warm up and cool down.
- Explain how to calculate minutes per mile and miles per hour from records on walking logs.
- Explain how to get a fitness rating from a time walk.
- Describe how blood pressure readings, body measurements, and percent of body fat measures can help assess fitness programs.
- Student can demonstrate the concepts and components of Nordic Walking.
- Design a schedule that includes time for Nordic walking.
- Walk using Nordic walking techniques.
- Walk incorporating the principles of Nordic walking.
- Design a warm up and cool down stretch program.
- Take a resting, exercise and recovery heart rate.
- Calculate personal exercise target heart rate zone.
- Keep a walking log.
- Calculate their walking pace in miles per hour.
- Calculate their calorie burn for each walk.
- Design a safe walking route.
- Evaluate personal fitness program by keeping records of assessments of blood pressure readings, body measurements, and percent of body fat measures.
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