EXER 2280 - Group Exercise Training

This course is designed to prepare students with the skills and knowledge necessary to provide safe and effective group fitness instruction using a variety of exercise modalities. It will include knowledge and application of training principles and exercise techniques to develop cardiovascular fitness as well as muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility using scientific principles of anatomy, kinesiology, and exercise physiology. Effective communications, motivational techniques and skills, class design, injury prevention, cueing, and accommodation for special populations will be studied and applied. 3 credits.