Sports Technologies and Fitness

- Concepts of fitness and wellness, and their changes in response to the demands of modern society and future prospects
- Classification, theory, technique, and didactics of overloading exercises (free weights and isotonic machines): principles, correct execution, didactic approach, assistance, and practical exercises
- Definition and structure of gym workout charts for fitness
- Elements in teaching Olympic weightlifting
- Equipment and innovative methods for teaching neuromuscular cognitive training (relaxing)
- Proprioceptivity: principles, objectives, proprioceptive training of balance with/without perturbation
- Posture evaluation in fitness (tests and methods)
- Muscle stretching : principal methods (static, dynamic); concept of muscle chains and application to global decompensated stretching
- Methods and techniques for psychophysical relaxation (meditation, autogenic training and its variants)
- Specific methods (e.g., Pilates)
- Functional fitness: principles, objectives (floor exercises, calisthenics, with/without equipment, TRX, kettlebell, Crossfit)
- Functional evaluation in fitness (children, adults, older adults)
- Evaluation of anthropometric characteristics and body composition (main methods in fitness)
- Cardiopulmonary evaluation in fitness/principles and techniques for cardiorespiratory conditioning (aerobic training)
- Use of wearable technologies/devices and smart apps in fitness (monitoring of training, energy expenditure during physical activity)
- Social-communicative aspects
- Social psychology in approach to the client/user
- Business management
- Definition of a company, and fitness business models in particular
- Classification of fitness centers
- Evaluation criteria of a fitness center and the commercial fitness sector
- Areas of competence
- Fitness population
- Marketing mix (four Ps: product, price, promotion, place)
- Definition and classification of the product
- Services delivered and perceived
- Sales in a fitness center: the tour
- Forms for commercial businesses

Unit 1. Technical training
Content
- Concepts of fitness and wellness, and their changes in response to the demands of modern society and future prospects
- Single and multiple joint movement
- Classification of strength exercises (basic and complementary exercises for the extension muscle chain and flexion muscle chain and specific muscle areas)
- Theory, technique, and didactics of floor exercises for conditioning and strength training (abs-glutes-thighs gymnastics) and on machines
- Principles and techniques of cardiorespiratory conditioning (aerobics)
- Contraindication, common errors, assistance, active and passive prevention
- Global and segmental stretching, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation in floor exercises with/without equipment (Pancafit® bench), comparison of study results
- Methods and techniques for muscle relaxation
- Functional fitness: principles, objectives (introduction to practice in the TRX method and kettlebell)
- Proprioceptive gymnastics: principles, objectives
Unit 2. Theory
Content
Theoretical analysis of the topics covered in Unit 1.
- Organization of the proprioceptive nervous system (1 lesson)
- Posture evaluation (1 lesson)
- Evaluation of body composition: theoretical underpinnings of anthropoplicometry and impedentiometry (1 lesson)
- Acute and chronic effect of stretching (1 lesson)
- Evaluation of cardiofitness in the gym and planning of goal-oriented training (2 lessons)
- Muscle hypertrophy: theoretical concepts and methods for muscle development (2 lessons)