Class Fitness II (Individual Activities)

The Fitness II curricular unit falls within a set of Curricular Units that aim to provide students with tools for future professional practice as exercise physiologist. The CU is based on the recommendations of leading national and international bodies, looking for a sustained professional practice supported by scientific evidence. Moreover, the organization of classes and contents aims to provide the conceptual and practical framework that allows in later years a gradual articulation and application of knowledge, aiming at a deeper content exploration. For this, a period of observation in real context (i.e. gyms) will also be held where the articulation of the contents worked with the reality of these spaces will be promoted. It is expected that it will be reached as a final training product in the exercise and health/ fitness subject, professionals with the ability to adapt their practice to most emerging situations of practice, and with the ability to lift the professional area.

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Conceptual and historical background Health and Wellbeing: 21st Century Salutogenic Profile Origin and evolution of fitness activities at national and international level Overview and practice trends   Professional background The inter- and multidisciplinary nature of the exercise physiologist Exercise physiologist in its multiple valences in the context of health club   Human movement kinesiology Taxonomy (s) of human movement Function analysis and muscle participation Neuromuscular integration processes   Structure and organization of the training session The training session: structure, organization and promotion Construction variables and training control   Exploration of activities, materials and spaces Analysis of individual activities in different practice spaces Exploration of materials and equipment Practice integration into the training session

Different methodologies will be used in the teaching-learning process. Working with AI and tutorials in videoconferences will be two resources to be used more frequently.

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