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EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
Demonstrate and apply specialised
exercise techniques
level:
4
credit:
8
planned review date:
December 2002
sub-field:
Fitness
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: analyse
standard exercises and adapt them to specified purposes;
demonstrate and apply variants of specified standard exercise
techniques; and demonstrate and apply advanced resistance
and plyometric training exercises. This unit standard is
designed for people who will instruct in exercise and assist,
with little supervision, clients in and associated with fitness
facilities and programmes.
entry information:
Prerequisite: Unit 7021, Demonstrate exercise technique; Unit
7022, Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of safe
physical activity; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and
skills.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by the Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Industry Training Organisation - Fitness Advisory Group.
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special notes:
1
This unit standard requires the use of Standard
Exercise Schedule A (Schedule A) which is intended to
reflect a desirable entry-level exercise vocabulary for
work in the New Zealand fitness industry.
The
Schedule contains sections on resistance training
exercises using bodyweight, resistance training
exercises using free weights, resistance training
exercises using exercise machines, free standing
exercises, and stretches.
The latest edition of Schedule A is available from the
Sport, Fitness and Recreation Industry Training
Organisation (Sfrito), PO Box 2183, Wellington; Phone
04 385 9047, Fax 04 385 7024, (Revised 2001).
2
This unit standard requires the use of Standard
Exercise Schedule B (Schedule B) which, in
conjunction with Schedule A is intended to reflect a
desirable exercise vocabulary for advanced fitness
instruction work in the New Zealand fitness industry.
The Schedule contains sections on resistance training
exercises using free weights, and plyometric training
exercises.
The latest edition of Schedule B is available from the
Sport, Fitness, and Recreation Industry Training
Organisation (Sfrito) at PO Box 2183, Wellington;
Phone 04 385 9047, Fax 04 385 7024, (Revised 2001).
3
It is expected that candidates should have a minimum of
six (6) months industry experience, before being
assessed in this unit.
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4
Special needs groups include:
life cycle stages - children and adolescents, older
people and seniors, ante- and post-natal women;
people with activity limitations imposed by - asthma,
arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, cardiac insufficiency
and injury, visual impairment, hearing impairment,
common motor disabilities including epilepsy and head
injuries, and undergoing functional rehabilitation.
5
Correct form in the execution of exercises is form that
uses biomechanically sound body alignment, and the
fullest range of movement consistent with safety for all
joints involved, and that uses as prime movers those
muscles and/or muscle groups for which the exercise is
designed. In some cases the main feature of correct
form will be the isolation of effort into a single muscle
group. In others, the main feature of correct form will be
co-ordinated sequential employment of several muscle
groups.
6
Key teaching points comprise salient features of correct
execution of an exercise, each feature being basic to
safe and effective execution of that particular exercise.
Each exercise has a characteristic group of key
teaching points.
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7
For performance criteria 3.1 and 3.2, the unit standard
requires that trainees be competent in demonstrating
all of exercises in Schedule B. For assessment
purposes at least five exercises should be
demonstrated from each of the two sections. The
plyometrics demonstrations should include at least one
exercise from each of the three subsections.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Analyse standard exercises and adapt them to specified purposes.
Range:
purposes - targeting specific areas within muscle groups, targeting specific
components of fitness, allowing for client limitations.
performance criteria
1.1
Analyse two variants of specified standard exercises. Assess use, effect, and
client safety.
Range:
categories of standard exercises include from Schedule A - whole
body exercise or a trunk and legs exercise, a trunk exercise, a leg
exercise, an arm and shoulder exercise, an arm exercise.
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1.2
Identify the principles of adapting standard exercise for specified purposes.
Range:
adaptations may relate to - body position, body orientation, limb
position and orientation, grip used, range of movement, level of
resistance, use of leverage to facilitate movement; evidence is
required for two examples for each principle.
element 2
Demonstrate and apply variants of specified standard exercise techniques.
Range:
two exercises from Schedule A from each category - a trunk and legs exercise, a
trunk exercise, a leg exercise, an arm and shoulder exercise, an arm exercise;
client or subject - athlete, member of special needs group.
performance criteria
2.1
Variants of specified standard exercise techniques are demonstrated with correct
form.
2.2.
Justification of exercise technique variation is presented, for all variants, in terms
of needs and limitations of intended client and/or client group.
Range:
2.3
client goals, client needs, client limitations, advantages of variant
over standard exercise, advantage of variant over other possible
variants, safety considerations of variant.
Instruct and execute variations of the specified standard exercise techniques, in a
simulated situation in accordance with clients needs.
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element 3
Demonstrate and apply advanced resistance and plyometric training exercises.
Range:
Schedule B.
performance criteria
3.1
Advanced resistance training and plyometric exercises are demonstrated with
correct form.
3.2
Four key teaching points are identified, and are described for each advanced
resistance training exercise.
3.3
Instruction in execution of two advanced resistance training exercises is carried
out in a simulated situation to meet clients needs.
3.4
Instruction in execution of plyometric training exercises is carried out in a
simulated situation to meet clients needs.
Range:
one exercise from each part of Schedule B, Section Two - lower
body, trunk, upper body;
client needs - safety, preparation, understanding.
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Comments to:
Sport, Fitness and Recreation Industry Training Organisation
- Fitness Advisory Group
Unit Standard Revision
PO Box 160
WELLINGTON
by December 2002.
Please Note:
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority
before they can offer programmes of education and training
assessed against unit standards.
Accredited providers assessing against unit standards must
engage with the moderation system that applies to those unit
standards. [Please refer to relevant Plan ref: 0069]
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