Learner Evidence
Task 1 - Part A: Your client would like to improve their cardiovascular endurance and agility.
You should be able to apply the principles of training to a health and fitness programme. You
should also be able to select the appropriate methods of training for your client’s needs.
The definition of cardiovascular endurance is the capacity of the
cardiovascular system (heart, lungs and vessels) to efficiently
supply oxygenated blood to working muscles, as the muscles use
the oxygen delivered by the blood supply as a source of energy
for movement. In other words, cardiovascular fitness is how
efficiently your blood circulates through your body.
When you do aerobic exercise, your body responds in the
following ways;
-Lungs work better.
-resting heart rate is lowered.
-muscles get stronger.
-body is more able to use fat as energy source.
Sporting example for cardiovascular endurance is cycling.
Cycling is an effective way of improving and strengthening your
heart’s health. It will increase your heart rate, thus burning
calories and improving your heart’s stamina.
To assess cardiovascular endurance you will need to set up a 20
(depends) m area and CD. Each time you hear a beep, you must
run to the other end. You must get there before the beep. Keep
going until you can no more. The test is called multi stage fitness
test.
The definition of agility is ability to change direction of the body
efficiently, and to achieve this the person needs a combination of;
-speed, the ability to move parts of the body quickly.
-coordination, the ability to execute smooth and controlled motor
responses.
-dynamic balance, the ability to maintain balance with body
movement.
-strength, the ability of a muscle group or single muscle to
overcome a resistance.
Benefits of having good agility;
-can help you burn more calories.
-increases results in minimal time.
-increases cognitive function.
-improve body awareness and movement skills.
Sporting example for agility is gymnastics. Gymnasts have to
strengthen their feet and legs, which will prevent them from
sustaining an injury. Agility workouts build up the balance and
strength on their legs, stabilizing their body and allowing them to
assume a standing position throughout the sport.
To assess agility, someone will need to be the timer. A ‘T’ is
created using cones – 10 metres apart (5 between the three top
cones). Athletes starts on the bottom cone, runs to the top,
sidesteps left and right and then runs backward to end. The test is
called t-test.
Task 1 - Part B: Show how you would apply the principles of specificity and
progression to the client’s health and fitness programme
Specificity is the principles of training where the training is specific and
relevant to the activity or type of sport. The primary goal of specificity is to
condition the muscles that are used in the target activity. Over time, the
person develops muscle memory for specific actions so they can perform
them without having to concentrate on them.
Task 1 - Part C: Explain how cardiovascular endurance and agility could be
improved. You need to refer to different methods of training and the principles
of FITT.
Explain, with reference to different methods of training and the
principles of FITT, how muscular endurance could be improved
Explain, with reference to different methods of training and the
principles of FITT, how power could be improved
Task 2 - Part A: Create, administer, and analyse a lifestyle questionnaire to
suggest ways of improving your client’s lifestyle
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Analysis of Lifestyle Questionnaire
Task 2 - Part B: Administer and analyse the results of a PAR-Q to evaluate
how ready your client is to perform health and fitness activities. The PAR-Q
could be one that you have been given or one that you have sourced.
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Analysis of PAR-Q
Task 3 - Part A: Explore the different ways that cardiovascular endurance and
agility can be tested
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table below.
Task 3 - Part B: Carry out one fitness test for cardiovascular endurance and one
fitness test for agility with your client and then record the results of both of
these tests
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Task 3 - Part C: Assess your client’s results and compare them to normative
data
Task 3 - Part D: Set SMART goals for your client, linked to cardiovascular
endurance and agility.
Task 4 - Part A: Create a 4-week health and fitness programme for your
client, explaining your choices
Week 1
Explanation of the choices that I made in the exercise programme
How have I applied both the SPORT and FITT principles of training to
this programme?
Task 4 PART B: Carry out and record a progress review with your client at the
end of week 2.
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Task 4 - Part C: Make changes to Week 3 and Week 4 of your client’s health
and fitness programme based on this review. Explain any changes that you
make
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Explanation of changes
Task 4 - Part C: Re-test, record and assess your client’s levels of fitness for
both cardiovascular endurance and agility. Make conclusions about the
effectiveness of the health and fitness programme.
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Make conclusions about the effectiveness of the health and fitness
programme.