Exercise Fitness and Health Course

   HEALTH, EXERCISE AND FITNESS
This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge to begin or develop a career in the health, exercise and fitness industry. It also provides all the information and resources needed to educate people on how to lead healthier lifestyles. The health and fitness industry is becoming increasingly important and dominant in today’s society. There should always be a demand for jobs and career in this industry as people strive to lead healthier, active lifestyles.
The need to be fit and healthy is an essential commodity of life. People are constantly looking for ideas and solutions on how to lose weight, how to exercise safely and what exercise to do. This course offers you the chance to understand what you can do and ultimately need to do in order to lead a healthier lifestyle. It gives you the theoretical knowledge and offers practical ideas on how to set about shaping yours and others’ lifestyles in order to increase health and fitness.
The course will first of all focus on gaining a sound knowledge base on what we mean by the concepts Health, Exercise and Fitness. It will address the essential components of fitness and examine how these can be tested. The ability to take part in exercise depends on your level of fitness which can be improved through regular training and exercise. Methods of training will be analysed to give practical ideas on what type of training you can do and how to do it. Guidance will be given on how to plan training programmes and sessions effectively. Practical examples of training programmes and sessions will be included.
This course will also look at factors that affect sporting performance both physiology and psychologically. These factors will determine how improved fitness levels and healthier lifestyles are achieved.
One unit will focus on the impact of diet and nutrition on health and fitness.  Essential nutritional requirements will be lookedatand how to compose a balanced diet. The dietary requirements of an athlete will also be studied.
Injury will be covered in another unit. Ways of preventing injury will be evaluated and discussed. You will gain an insight into how to recognise and treat different injuries and this will prepare you with basic first aid knowledge.  N.B. Completing this course does not mean that you are First Aid qualified.
There will be seven units that will give you detailed knowledge about the different body systems and how they enable us to exercise, and the effects that exercise has on them. These units will give you a clear understanding of how your body is structured, how the body organs work and how the different systems work in unison to ensure your body functions effectively and to its maximum potential.
The final unit looks at the role of stress and anxiety on sporting performance.  It gives an insight into the physiological and psychological characteristics of these two closely connected forms of tension. You will be given practical ideas on how to cope with and manage stress.
At the end of this course you will be able to plan exercise and nutritional programmes for individuals taking into account their individual differences in terms of age, gender, weight and fitness level.
Pre-requisites
The only requirements are an active interest in the subject and a reasonable level of literacy.

Support
Tutor support is available 7 days per week via email by a fully qualified Fitness instructor. This will last for a full 12 months from the day you receive the course.
Can I obtain employment after completing this course?
As with all distance learning courses, you will need practical experience before applying for a job in a gym, so why not approach your gym managers as a volunteer to gain practical experience?
Qualification


Level 3 Award in Health, Exercise and Fitness. Plus a UK Open Learning Diploma
At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Level 3 NCFE Award certificate of achievement. That means that it is independently accreditedata level of learning equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland”

Awarding Body Information

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.
Further information
www.ncfe.org.uk

Study Details
This course can be studied at your own pace and there are no deadlines for assignments. However, you must complete the course within 12 months from the date you received the course. To complete this course will take in the region of 100 study hours, which can be spread over a 12 month period.
How does the course work?
We send you the complete course by courier and you complete a series of assignments which you can e-mail or post to your tutor.

Is there a word count for my assignments?
There is no specific word count but you have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions. One sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit them.
Payment Plan
You can choose to pay in full at the time of ordering, or you can pay in monthly instalments.

Course Content
Unit 1 – Defining the Concepts Health, Exercise and Fitness

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  What is Health?


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  Physical, social and mental health


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  What is exercise?


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  Types of exercise – Sports Continuum


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  The Sports Continuum


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  What is fitness?


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  Health benefits of taking part in regular exercise


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  Ten reasons to get more active


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  Health related components of fitness


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  Skill related components of fitness


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  Comparison of health and skill related fitness

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  Definition of the components of fitness


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  Detained analysis of each component


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  Why do we want to test our fitness?


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  Measuring the components of fitness


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  Components of fitness needed for different sporting activities

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  How the body generates energy for exercise


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  The Creatine Phosphate system


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  The Lactic Acid system and Oxygen debt


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  The Aerobic system


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  Analysis of different training zones


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  Principles of SPORT


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  FITT principles


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  Methods of training :- Continuous, Fartlek, Interval, Weight Training, Plymetrics, Flexibility Training and Circuit Training


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  Examples of training sessions for each training method

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  Physiological and psychological benefits of warming up


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  Cool down – reasons why it is important


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  Phases of a warm up:- body temperature raising, stretching and skill development


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  Planning a training programme


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  Applying the SPORT and FITT principles of training


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  Periodisation – off season, pre season, peak season and transitional period


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  Planning a training session:- warm up, main activity and cool down


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  Examples of training programmes and sessions

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  Factors affecting sporting performance – Age, Gender, Personality, Lifestyle, Environment, Injury, Illness, Diet, Body Type and Drugs


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  Social Drugs:- how smoking and alcohol affect sporting performance


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  Other social drugs and their effect on sporting performance


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  Types of performance enhancing drugs


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  Examples and effects of performance enhancing drugs


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  Blood doping

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  How to prevent injury:- environment, clothing and equipment, fair competition, obeying the rules and warm up and cool down


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  Causes of sports injuries


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  Accidental injuries, overuse injuries, chronic injuries


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  Examples of sports injuries:- soft tissue, skin and Hard tissue injuries


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  Injuries, symptoms and treatment


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  RICE procedure


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  More serious injuries


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  Assessing the casualty’s condition – DRACB


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  How to treat an unconscious casualty


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  Emergency action plan


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  Other conditions that can influence sports performance

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  A balanced diet


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  The essential groups of nutrients


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  Macronutrients and Micronutrients


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  Diet and exercise


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  The importance of each nutrient for exercise


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  Energy and diet:- metabolic rate and physical activity level


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  Energy in food


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  Energy equations


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  The athlete’s diet:- day of competition, after the event and Glycogen loading


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  Common eating disorders


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  Healthy eating


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  Food pyramids


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  Examples of diets

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  Outline of the different body systems


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  The human skeleton


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  Functions of the skeleton: Ossification


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  Cartilage


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  Types of bone


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  The skeletal frames:- axial and appendicular


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  Exercise and the bones


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  Definitions of fixed, slightly movable and synovial joints


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  A typical synovial joint structure


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  Movement patterns at synovial joints


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  How exercise can help improve the skeletal system

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  Functions of muscles


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  Types of muscle tissue


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  Skeletal muscles – structure and functions


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  Muscular contractions:- isotonic, isometric and isokinetic


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  How muscles are attached to bones


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  Muscle fibres:- slow and fast twitch 


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  Characteristics of muscle fibres and exercises they relate to


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  Major muscles in the human body:- location and function


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  Exercises to strengthen the muscles


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  Benefits of warming up the muscles

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  What parts of the body make up the Cardiovascular System


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  Functions of the Cardiovascular System


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  The double pumping action of the heart


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  Pulmonary circulation


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  Systemic circulation


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  Structure of the heart


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  Blood flow through the heart


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  How does the heart pump blood


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  Blood vessels:- arteries, veins and capillaries


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  The heart and exercise


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  Heart rate – measuring the pulse


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  What happens to our Cardiovascular System when we exercise


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  Long term effects of training on the Cardiovascular System


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  Components and functions of blood


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  The blood and exercise


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  Blood Pressure – measuring Blood Pressure


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  Factors affecting Blood Pressure

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  Structure of the Respiratory System


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  How air passes through the body


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  Pulmonary ventilation


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  The mechanics of breathing


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  Inspiration and expiration


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  How we get oxygen to the working muscles


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  External respiration


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  Internal respiration


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  Capacity for exchanging gases


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  The Respiratory System as we exercise

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  What is digestion?


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  Energy molecules in food


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  Chemical digestion


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  Physical digestion


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  The digestive process


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  Parts of the Digestive System and their functions


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  What is an enzyme


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  Food enzymes


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  Digestive enzymes


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  The Digestive System and exercise

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  Basic functions of the Nervous System


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  Parts of the Nervous System


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  The Central Nervous System – parts of the brain


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  The Spinal Cord


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  The Peripheral Nervous System:- Sympathetic and Autonomic Nervous Systems


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  Reflex actions and conditioned reflexes


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  Receptor organs


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  The Nervous System and Sport

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  Horm
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