Santa Ana College- Department of Kinesiology
Syllabus for Kinesiology 213 (96134) – Practicum in Fitness Evaluation II
Mark P. Kelly, Ph.D., CSCS, ACE-CPT
Instructor Contacts: kelly_mark@sac.edu
Overview
This laboratory course is designed as an overview of how the body responds to resistance training. Emphasis
is placed on understanding neuromuscular anatomy and physiology as well as metabolic and hormonal
control of exercise. Students will examine training sequences, equipment selection, and safety factors
including contra-indications for apparently healthy adults.
Student Learning Outcomes
Besides the content and specific skills, this course will provide opportunities to enhance other skills needed in
the real world such as:
a) Students will be able to effectively read and articulate the meaning of a variety of graphs depicting
the relationship between a dependent and independent variable.
b) Students will be able to compare and contrast a variety of internet-based health and fitness
information sources, and distinguish what is a credible source.
c) Students will be able to design a resistance training program to help an individual improve
musculoskeletal fitness and or body composition.
d) Students will be able to work with several fitness variables and be able to develop a program which
addresses these variables.
Course Objectives
After taking this course, students should be able to:
1) Relate skeletal muscle physiology to resistance training.
2) Identify typical and atypical neurologic and skeletomuscular conditions and responses to exercise as
evaluated by strength, power, muscular endurance and coordination.
3) Express the physiological basis for various training principles
4) Analyze body composition and discuss implications on self and society
5) Recognize strength enhancing ergogenic aids and discuss the impact and use or abuse of health
related fitness nutritional regimens
6) Distinguish between research based, safe and effective modifications to resistance training activities
and anecdotal evidence.
Course Content and Required Book
This course will use:
1) Required Text- Kenney, W.L., Wilmore, J.H., & D.L. Costill- Physiology of Sport and Exercise 5th Ed.
(2012). Human Kinetics, Champaign IL.
2) Selected You Tube Videos
3) Selected presentations by nationally recognized certification companies
4) Selected presentations from Dr. Mark P. Kelly
Grading
Grades will be on a straight scale, with the final point assignment being at the discretion of the instructor.
Extra credit will be assigned throughout the semester at the instructor’s discretion and will not be accepted
late and it is not necessarily going to be presented on blackboard or available early.
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6 Practical Projects @ 10% for a total = 60%
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Final Project= 20%
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Pop quizes= 20%
Final Grades
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A= 90% and above
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B= 89.9%- 80.0%
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C= 79.9%- 70.0%
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D= 69.9%- 60.0%
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F- 59.9% and below
Practical Projects
1. For each of the 6 practical projects I will be looking for the following:
a) 5 Major physiological principles involved with each training modality
b) Exercises or drills that utilize those physiological principles
c) A clean, well-organized training program with FITT, and proper progressions plugged in
d) A Title page with all the correct elements and it typed with proper format including
i.
Page number in upper right hand corner
ii.
Running head
iii.
Sub-sections with labels
iv.
Tables with headings and category labels
v.
Graphical presentations (when needed) correctly labeled
2. The Practical Projects will be worth 10% each and topics and dates due include:
1. Individual strength test results and program- due- 2/25.
2. Individual muscular endurance results and program- due-3/9
3. Designing and performing a HIIT training program- due-3/23
4. Designing and performing a SPARQ training program- due-4/1
5. Designing a special population training program- - due-4/22
6. Designing a dynamic warm-up and flexibility program- due- 4/29
o Final Individual Written and Oral project- due 6/1 (worth 20%)
Individual Written Project- 20% Both Written and Oral (Grade is combined efforts)
A major paper which is composed of four main parts
a. Research in strength and conditioning (Introduction and Background)
b. Discussing the training program performed during the period (Methods)
c. Utilizing the pre and post data and comparing the data- statistically (Results)
d. Concluding with future changes and progressions including diet and sports specific training (DiscussionConclusion)
e. Presentations should have the 3 Cs- Content, Clarity in Communication, Cohesiveness
f.
Presentations should have Professionality- in appearance and Audience Engagement
Late assignments
All will be deducted as follows- PPs- 1 pt (10%) off per day up to 4 days. No exceptions to lateness on final
project. For all assignments-Even 1 minute after class is late and leaving class to print it equals an absence.
Attendance and Pop Quizzes
Since regular attendance and being in class on time is expected and critical for your optimal performance in
the course- you will be given a pop quiz worth 2% of your grade 10 times throughout the semester. These
will be given randomly and can’t be made up. You must be present and on time to take it.
In addition, you will need to sign a role sheet, and if you attend all but 3 classes you will receive 5 EC pts. So
you lose nothing for making 29 classes, but you lose 1 pt if you only make 28, 27=4pts. 26= 3pts, 25= 2pts. In
addition, if you are more than 5 minutes late it is like being ½ absent. 2 Lates= 1 absence
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Your success in this course is important to me. Santa Ana College and I
are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all individuals with disabilities. If you have a
disability that may have some impact on your ability to do well in this course, I encourage you to speak with
me as soon as possible. Also, please contact Disabled Student Programs & Services so that we can all
collaborate on your classroom accommodations in a timely manner. DSP&S is located in U-103 and their
phone number is 714-564-6264. The DSP&S office requires documentation of your disability in order to
receive reasonable accommodations. If you do not have documentation they will work with you to acquire
it. I look forward to supporting you to meet your learning goals.
ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY: Students at Santa Ana College are expected to be honest and forthright in
their academic endeavors. To falsify the results of one’s research, to steal the words or ideas of another, or to
cheat on an examination, corrupts the essential process by which knowledge is advanced. Academic dishonesty is seen as an intentional act of fraud, in which a student seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of
another without authorization, or uses unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any academic
exercise. As institutions, we also consider academic dishonesty to include forgery of academic documents,
intentionally impeding or damaging the academic work of others, assisting other students in acts of
dishonesty or coercing students into acts of dishonesty.
Course Outline and Schedule
Week Date
Topic
1
2/9
Introduction
2/11
Body Composition- Testing
2
2/16
PRESIDENT’S DAY- OFF
2/18
Muscle Strength- Testing3
2/23
Muscle Endurance- Testing
2/25
Muscle Endurance- Testing
4
3/2
Muscle Strength-:Programming- Wts
3/4
Muscle Endurance: Programming
5
3/9
Review- Combined Programming
3/11
Cross Fit and Metabolic Training/HIIT- design
6
3/16
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)- performed
3/18
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)- Demo
7
3/23
Speed, Agility, Power (SPA), SPIT, MICE
3/25
SPA- Performed/ Testing, SPARQ- Testing
8
3/30
Principles of Resistance training- Sport Specific
4/1
Demonstrations of HIIT-SPARQ
SPRING BREAK
9
4/13
Program Design- Child/ Adolescent (post break)
4/15
Program Design- Aging Populations
10
4/20
Program Design- Gender/ Age
4/22
Flexibility- Dynamic Warm-up
11
4/27
Flexibility- NIA, PNF, Static
4/29
Demonstrations- Warm up- Flexibility
12
5/4
Muscular Endurance- Functional training
5/6
Agility and Mobility- Plyometrics- PAP
13
5/11
Power Lifting
5/13
Power/ Olympic Lifts
Reading
Intro
Ch. 1
Ch. 1/MK
Ch. 1/MK
Ch. 3
Ch. 3
Project Due
PP-1
PP-2
Ch. 10
Ch. 11
Ch. 9/ MK
Ch. 9/ MK
Ch. 9-11
Some demo
PP-3
PP-4:Some demo
MK
MK
Ch. 17-19, +
MK
MK
Ch. 15
Ch. 16
PP-5
PP-6
14
15
16
5/18
5/20
5/25
5/27
6/1
6/3
Power lifting & Plyometrics for Sport Conditioning
Post- Testing
MEMORIAL DAY- OFF
Post- Testing
Post-testing- Write Ups
Group Projects- Orals
Ch 15
No class mtg
Ch 14-16
final projects
final projects
Final Proj- due
Oral/paper
Unit 1- focus on testing and programming (PP-1 and 2)
Unit 2- Different training modalities and intensities- performance (speed and power) PP-3 and 4
Unit 3- Special Populations and Flexibility- (PP-5 and 6)
Unit 4- Power and Olympic Lifts, Plyometrics- post testing (Final Projects)