EXERCISE FITNESS AND HEALTH
EXS1EFH
2017
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject you will investigate the associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and lifestyle-related disease. You will become familiar with fundamental acute and chronic physiological responses to exercise across the lifespan. The subject will introduce you to the principles that surround health screening, exercise testing and exercise prescription.
School: La Trobe Rural Health School
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Stephen Cousins
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in one of the following courses: HBESB, HBES Bachelor of Exercise Science or HZESPB Bachelor of Exercise Science and Master of Exercise Physiology. All other students require Subject Coordinator's approval.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription. | Recommended | American College of Sports Medicine 2013 | 9TH EDN, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, PA. |
| Readings | Fitness professional's handbook. | Recommended | Howley, E T & Thompson, D L 2012 | HUMAN KINETICS, CHAMPAIGN. |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Discuss relationships between sedentary behaviours, physical activity and lifestyle-related diseases.
- Activities:
- Blended content: epidemiological supporting physical activity and exercise, impact of sedentary behaviour; Learning tasks: Interpretation of epidemiological research in this field.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)
02. Describe the benefits of exercise in the prevention and treatment of chronic metabolic conditions.
- Activities:
- Blended content: aetiology of atherosclerosis, body composition and risk of chronic disease, dose-response relationships between physical activity and fitness with mortality and disease; Learning tasks: Interpretation of experimental research in this field.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Communication(Communication)
- Writing(Writing)
03. Examine the fundamental cardiovascular and respiratory responses to exercise and the influence of maturation, growth and detraining on these responses.
- Activities:
- Blended content: influence of physiology of growth, training, detraining, maturation on normal and abnormal responses of heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, arteriovenous oxygen difference, pulmonary ventilation, tidal volume, respiratory rate, oxygen uptake, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure; Practicals: assessments of acute responses to exercise, including: heart rate, rate of perceived exertion, arterial blood pressure, and oxygen uptake.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)
- Discipline Specific Competencies(Discipline Specific Competencies)
04. Employ health screening and risk assessment tools to risk stratify participants prior to exercise testing and prescription.
- Activities:
- Blended content: use recognised tools identify known disease, signs of disease and cardiac risk factors. Identify exercise-related absolute and relative contraindications and requirement to refer participants; Practicals: health screening, risk assessment, absolute and relative contraindications to exercise.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Discipline Specific Competencies(Discipline Specific Competencies)
05. Perform fundamental anthropometry and exercise testing, interpreting results from a health-related perspective.
- Activities:
- Blended content: components of helath-related and exercise-related fitness and measurement, influence of prescribed drugs, anxiety and environment on test outcomes; Practicals: simple anthropometry and basic exercise testing, to include: body mass, stature, circumferences, body composition, exercise capacity/fitness, muscular strength/endurance, balance, flexibility.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)
- Communication(Communication)
- Discipline Specific Competencies(Discipline Specific Competencies)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
06. Describe the basic principles of exercise prescription and apply these principles to exercise programs that implement a range of training methods.
- Activities:
- Blended content: principles of training in relation to endurance, resistance, flexibility, interval and circuit training to include programme design (initial, improvement, maintenance, progression, periodisation, split routine, tapering), session design (warm-up, conditioning, cool-down, work-rest ratios) and quantification of overload (volume, frequency, intensity, mode, duration); Practicals: using the principles of training to implement safe and effective training methods and techniques, to include cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and power, flexibility, intervals, circuits.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Discipline Specific Competencies(Discipline Specific Competencies)
- Writing(Writing)
Bendigo, 2017, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: 100
Enrolment information: Quota due to limited resources. Merit based quota. Priority is given to students enrolled in HZESPB, HBESB or HBES for whom EXS1EFH is core, then to other students until the quota is reached.
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Stephen Cousins
Class requirements
Laboratory ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours laboratory class per week from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture per week from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| One 1-hour theory examination. | Equivalent to 1,000-words | 30 | 01, 02, 03, 05, 06 |
| One 2,000-word online practicum report. | Equivalent to 2,000-words | 40 | 04, 05, 06 |
| Three 20-minute online tests. | Equivalent to 1,000-words | 30 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 |
Melbourne, 2017, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: 240
Enrolment information: Quota due to limited resources. Merit based quota. Priority is given to students enrolled in HZESPB, HBESB or HBES for whom EXS1EFH is core, then to other students until the quota is reached.
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Matt Bourne
Class requirements
Laboratory ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours laboratory class per week from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture per week from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| One 1-hour theory examination. | Equivalent to 1,000-words | 30 | 01, 02, 03, 05, 06 |
| One 2,000-word online practicum report. | Equivalent to 2,000-words | 40 | 04, 05, 06 |
| Three 20-minute online tests. | Equivalent to 1,000-words | 30 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 |