MCCCD Program Description

Assessment and Program Design: Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Course: EXS212

First Term: 2019 Fall

Lec + Lab 2.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: T- Lab Load

Description: Principles of cardiorespiratory fitness training including evaluation of client needs and health, selection and interpretation of safe and effective assessment techniques and evidence-based program design for healthy and special populations.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Using participant health/medical history and industry standards for pre-participation health screening, assess and classify participant risk for experiencing an adverse event with participation in physical activity. (I) 2. Demonstrate industry-accepted professional, ethical and business standards for optimizing safety and reducing liability. (I, II, III) 3. Communicate verbally, non-verbally and in writing in an articulate, respectful and culturally competent manner consistent with conventions of the field. (I, II, III) 4. Select evidence-based assessments appropriate to client needs and goals, and to ensure client safety. (II) 5. Conduct evidence-based cardiorespiratory fitness assessments for low to moderate risk populations. (II) 6. Interpret results of cardiorespiratory fitness assessments. (II) 7. Adapt instruction of assessment to client needs and goals, and to ensure client safety (II) 8. Demonstrate and/or explain a variety of generally safe and effective individual and group cardiorespiratory exercises. (II,III) 9. Identify special populations and environments that may require modifications for assessment and programming design. (II, III) 10. Using client goals, medical history and assessment results, design evidence-based cardiorespiratory fitness programs for low to moderate risk populations that achieve desired adaptations. (III)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Initial client consultation: health appraisal and resting measures A. Health/medical history, pre-participation screening tools, and informed consent B. Guidelines for risk stratification C. Industry-accepted recommendations for medical clearance and exercise testing and supervision D. Assessment of resting heart rate and blood pressure II. Cardiorespiratory fitness assessment A. Selecting and administering safe and appropriate cardiorespiratory fitness assessments including non-exercise, field, submaximal and maximal assessments B. Relative and absolute contraindications to exercise testing, test termination criteria, and proper procedures to be followed after the discontinuation of an exercise test C. Assessing exercise heart rate, rating of perceived exertion and blood pressure D. Interpreting data obtained from cardiorespiratory assessment E. Special populations (e.g., geriatric, pediatric, pregnancy, injury, chronic illness and environments that may require modifications III. Cardiorespiratory fitness program design A. Programming guidelines for the development of cardiorespiratory fitness for all populations B. Safe, appropriate and effective warm-up activities C. Establishing and monitoring exercise intensity (e.g. target heart rate, RPE, pace, oxygen consumption and/or metabolic equivalents (METs)) D. The benefits, risks, contraindications, advantages and disadvantages for various cardiorespiratory training exercises (e.g. high intensity interval training, continuous training, aerobic games) E. Progression and periodization for cardiorespiratory program design F. Detraining and effects on fitness and functional performance G. Special populations (e.g., geriatric, pediatric, pregnancy, injury, chronic illness and environments that may require modifications)

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 11, 2018

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