Assignment for Exercise Prescription
Introduction
I will be designing a fitness programme for my client using the programme planning process given below. As this is an exercise prescription process I will first screen my client to find out if he/she has any underlying health issues, medical history and bad/good habits using the Par-q. This must be done as there are risks to training. The instructor must find out this relevant information before prescribing a programme as he/she will need to design a programme suitable to the client’s ability and gradually achieve overload overtime to improve the client’s fitness. According to acsm the purpose of health screening is too “Identify individuals with medical contraindications for exclusion from exercise programmes until those conditions have been abated or are under control” and “recognition of special needs of individuals that may affect exercise testing and programming”( ACSM GUIDELINES FOR EX. TESTING & PRESCRIPTION pg 18) these quotes mean that the trainer must first screen the client and must not prescribe a programme without first screening. Exercise prescription is “the process whereby a person’s recommended regime of physical activity is designed in a systematic and individualised manner”.(ACSM,1991 cited in Skinner,2005). This quote means the exercise programme is designed for the individual client only following all the protocols.
The programme I design will work around the F.I.T.T principle Frequency which is how often, Intensity is how hard, Type is the type of exercise and Time is how often. According to (Walker B) the FITT formula is a great way of monitoring fitness programmes and the acronym FITT outlines the key components to a good exercise programme. I will first screen my client and if necessary ask for a doctors consent form and finally draw up a contract between myself and the client. I will then fitness test the client and design a programme to suit his/her goals.
Programme planning process Needs analysis | Programme
I will be designing a fitness programme for my client using the programme planning process given below. As this is an exercise prescription process I will first screen my client to find out if he/she has any underlying health issues, medical history and bad/good habits using the Par-q. This must be done as there are risks to training. The instructor must find out this relevant information before prescribing a programme as he/she will need to design a programme suitable to the client’s ability and gradually achieve overload overtime to improve the client’s fitness. According to acsm the purpose of health screening is too “Identify individuals with medical contraindications for exclusion from exercise programmes until those conditions have been abated or are under control” and “recognition of special needs of individuals that may affect exercise testing and programming”( ACSM GUIDELINES FOR EX. TESTING & PRESCRIPTION pg 18) these quotes mean that the trainer must first screen the client and must not prescribe a programme without first screening. Exercise prescription is “the process whereby a person’s recommended regime of physical activity is designed in a systematic and individualised manner”.(ACSM,1991 cited in Skinner,2005). This quote means the exercise programme is designed for the individual client only following all the protocols.
The programme I design will work around the F.I.T.T principle Frequency which is how often, Intensity is how hard, Type is the type of exercise and Time is how often. According to (Walker B) the FITT formula is a great way of monitoring fitness programmes and the acronym FITT outlines the key components to a good exercise programme. I will first screen my client and if necessary ask for a doctors consent form and finally draw up a contract between myself and the client. I will then fitness test the client and design a programme to suit his/her goals.
Programme planning process Needs analysis | Programme
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