Fitness/Wellness
Programming
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Lesson Objectives
• Learn the basic components of a wellness
program
• Learn the basic components of a fitness
program
• Learn the basic programming principles of
a fitness program
• Learn assessment features used in
reviewing a fitness program
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Where Does Fitness Fit?
• Direct fitness programming – testing,
monitoring, assessment
• Direct delivery represents a physical
education and kinesiology perspective
• Indirect fitness programming –
instructional, informal, intramural,
club
• A recreation and leisure studies
application – fitness is a benefit and
not a goal for staff to monitor
3-19
Examples of Indirect
Fitness Delivery Systems
• Instructional sport and fitness
• Informal sport and fitness
• Intramural sport and fitness
• Club sport and fitness
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Why Implement Fitness
Programs?
• Few Americans exercise enough
• Women and elderly exercise less
• People with higher incomes exercise
more
• The exercise boom has hit a plateau
5-19
Why Recreational Sports?
• Provides opportunity for physical
fitness experiences
• Involvement in physical activity leads
to participation in spectrum of sport
programs
• Counteracts sedentary lifestyle and can
improve physical health and wellness
6-19
Wellness Concept
• Active process; awareness, education
and lifestyle changes
• Wellness programs intended to assist
individuals in making voluntary
behavior changes
• Reduction of health risks and
enhancement of well-being
• The optimal health of a person?
7-19
Optimal Health
• Emotional
• Mental
• Occupational
• Physical
• Spatial
• Spiritual
• Ideally you strive for complete BALANCE
in these all of these facets of life
8-19
Fitness Components and
Programming
• Cardiovascular endurance
• Muscular strength
• Muscular endurance
• Flexibility (ROM)
• Body composition
• Neuromuscular development
9-19
The F.I.T.T. Principle
• Frequency
• Intensity
• Time/duration
• Type of exercise
10-19
Program Assessment
• What kind of agency/organization do
you operate in?
• Who are your clients or constituency?
• What kind of facilities do you have?
• What kind of budget do you have?
11-19
Program Design
• Type of program
(g.e./aerobics, aqua aerobics, power
walking/jogging, muscular strength,
stretching, interval training, weight
lifting, cross training, exercise
prescriptions, wellness programs,
evaluative counseling/testing)
12-19
Program Design (Continued)
• Scheduling
(availability of facilities, identifying
demand for particular programs and
determining priority, special
equipment/facility needs, etc.)
• Safety
(staff and maintenance schedules, staff
training, certifications, medical exams,
liability waivers, PAR-Q’s)
13-19
Program Design (Continued)
• Budget
(line items for each activity, specific
operating costs, income/revenue, user
fees, organizational goals/marketing
strategies)
14-19
Program Implementation
• Promotion strategies
• Staffing
– Recruitment
– Selection
– Training
– Supervision
– Evaluation
15-19
The Future…Trends
• 39.7 million Americans exercised with
free weights in 1995…up 62% since 1987
• 37 million people rode a stationary
bike…12% increase
• 30 million people used treadmills in
1995…525.7% increase
• 20 million people used stairclimbers…857.9% increase
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• Use of rowing machines fell 22% since
1987
Most Popular Fitness
Equipment and Activities
1. Free weights
2. Stationary bicycles
3. Fitness walking
4. Running/jogging
5. Treadmills
6. Cycling
7. Swimming
17-19
More Trends
8. Resistance machines
9. Stair-climbing machines
10. Low impact aerobics
11. Step aerobics
12. High impact aerobics
13. Cross country ski machines
18-19
• Charles Atlas is shown in 1970, left, as he approached his 78th birthday,
and in his prime, right. Born Angelo Siciliano in Acri, Italy in 1893, he
emigrated to the United States with his parents. Unhappy with his 97pound physique, he took up body-building and eventually earned the
title "America's Most Perfectly Developed Man." In 1922 he offered a
body-building correspondence course. He died in 1972 at the age of 80
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after battling a long illness.