Online Resistance and Gym Supervision Course

Learn about Resistance Exercise

Resistance exercise is important for building and maintaining muscle strength. Resistance training is when the body resists a force that is placed on it. This can involve using weight machines, free weights, resistance bands, body weight and other exercises.

Appropriate muscle strength training is increasingly important in modern society where many people are increasingly physically inactive, especially at work. Through proper and regular resistance exercise, a person can control spinal problems and many other issues associated with aging. For others, strength training can be an important part of an overall exercise regime.

Who might do this course?

• Fitness leaders, trainers and coaches
• Athletes, aspiring weight lifters
• People with back or muscle problems who need to understand and build their strength

There are 6 lessons in this course:

1. Types of Resistance Training
   • Principles of Resistance Training
   • Principles of Exercise; frequency, testing, time, type
   • Benefits of Resistance Training
   • Types of Resistance Training; Weights, Body Building, Power Lifting, Tubing
   • Muscle Contraction
   • Isotonic, Concentric, Eccentric, Isokinetic Exercise
   • Terminology
   • Resistance Training Program Components
   • Type of Activity
   • Misconceptions about Training
   • Major Muscle Groups
2. Equipment and Applications
   • Choosing the Best Training Equipment
   • Resistance Training Systems; free weights, pin loaded machines, isokinetic, resistance bands
   • Design of Fitness Equipment; Exercise Bikes, Rowing Machines, Treadmills, Step Machines, etc.
   • Training Variables; repetitions, sets, duration, workload, intensity, training frequency, work out time, etc.
   • Overload and Over training
   • Stretching
   • Warm Up
   • Recovery and Cool Down
   • Risk Management
   • Posture
   • Gym Maintenance
   • Health and Safety
   • Gym Standards
3. Understanding Movements
   • Flexibility
   • Exercises
   • Movement and Muscles; how muscles work, Muscle Fibre, Skeletal Muscle Types,
   • Types of Movement; free active, active assisted, active resisted, relaxed passive, forced passive, etc
   • Types of Muscle Work
   • Types of Muscle Contraction
   • Physiological Adaptation
   • Muscle Tone
4. Selection of Exercises
   • Introduction
   • Body Shapes
   • Exercises for Different Sports; basket ball, football, track and field, etc
   • Problems During Exercise
   • Training Response
   • Tolerance capacity
   • Fatigue
   • Recovery
   • Training effect (i.e. over compensation)
   • Deterioration (i.e. Decay)
   • Injury and Ignorance
5. Developing Training Methods
   • Training Principles
   • Principles for beginner training; intermediate principles and advanced
   • Resistance Training Tips
   • Training with Your Own Body Weight
   • Use of Resistance Training
6. Planning a Program
   • Mental State for Training
   • Risky Clients
   • Fitness Goals
   • Length of Training Phases (Cycles)
   • Record Results and Make Changes as You Go

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

For more information on this course, please request your free course information pack.