High School Fitness Lifestyle Design
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License Model
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Number of Credits
0.5
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Estimated Completion Time
16-18 weeks
Suggested Prerequisites
N/ADescription
Discover how to move strong, live well, and eat healthy. During your fitness journey, you will learn the principles of strength and endurance training, lifetime fitness activity options, and essential nutrition to encourage lifetime optimal health.Assess your current level of fitness, then use training principles to set and reach fitness goals with a long-term goal of lifetime health. After establishing a strong foundation on the principles of strength and endurance, you will explore a variety of different sports—with a focus on choice and options, so that you can best select healthy activities that suit your personality and lifestyle. Finally, learn about nutrition and how it impacts physical health and athletic performance.This complete course journey through physical health, sport, and nutrition requires you to complete at least 420 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous activity.Module One: Move Strong
-Exercise Safety
-Components of Fitness
-Benefits of Exercise
-Healthy Lifestyle and Risks of Disease
-Overcoming Excuses
-Fitness Testing
-Setting Goals and Designing Workouts
-Training, Conditioning, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness
-Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility
-Heart rates
Module Two: Live Well
-Stress relief
-Sleep
-Safe Exercise Equipment
-Athletes with Disabilities
-Cultural Influences
-Modifying Fitness Activities
-Participation in Team Sports/Group Activities
-Recreational Activities
-Community and School Fitness Opportunities
-Proper Form
-Analyzing Workout Facilities/Trainers
Module Three: Eat Healthy
-Nutritional Habits
-Vitamins and Minerals
-Dietary Guidelines
-Dietary Choices and Variations
-Food Labels/Nutritional Claims
-Calorie Counting
-Activity Levels
-BMI Measurement Tools
-Serving Sizes/Meal Planning
-Food Journaling/Hydration
This is a one segment course.