Elements and Performance Criteria
- Design an advanced exercise program
- Discuss with relevant personnel the type of advanced exercise program best suited to own performance needs
- Target each component of fitness with advanced applications of exercise modalities
- Apply understanding of the lever and cam systems of exercise equipment when designing fitness programs
- Monitor own posture to determine whether exercises are needed to modify postural irregularities
- Apply the frequency, intensity, type and time (FITT) principle to planning advanced aerobic conditioning, flexibility, muscular strength, endurance and power programs
- Incorporate into advanced exercise program aspects of somatic methods that match own performance requirements
- Document advanced exercise program, building in strategies for ongoing review and amendment
- Implement advanced exercise program
- Perform warm-up and warm-down procedures in conjunction with exercise activities
- Follow advanced exercise program under appropriate supervision
- Use advanced applications of exercise modalities correctly according to manufacturer and instructor recommendations
- Follow studio or gymnasium rules and protocols
- Determine target exercise heart rates and regularly measure physiological responses to exercises
- Amend exercise program to incorporate feedback and advice from relevant personnel as required
- Evaluate advanced exercise program
- Take account of a range of factors when evaluating whether the goals of an advanced exercise program are being achieved
- Evaluate physiological changes that occur as a result of following an advanced exercise program
- Note symptoms that indicate over-training and take account of them when revising advanced exercise program