Unit 4: Fitness Training & Programming

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BTEC National - Sport

Unit 4: Fitness Training & Programming

Activity 14 – The secret is in the detail!

If you are ever in a position where you are putting training sessions together for someone (or a team), there is every chance that you will have to justify (or give good reasons for) why you have included certain exercises, why you have chosen certain intensity levels etc.

Let’s have a look at the example we used in activity 14 & see if you can:

Ö Add any additional detail

Ö Justify the activities, times etc. in it.

Session for: / Albert Tomlinson
Age: / 40
Level of fitness: / Low – limited physical activity for 20 years +
Session number: / Week 2 – session 1
Target heart rate: / Between 90 – 120bpm (50 - 70% of max. heart beat)
Session duration: / 1 hour 20 minutes
Activity / Duration / Heart rate
Warm-up: series of gentle activities and stretching to gradually raise heart rate & prepare body for activity / 15 minutes / Resting heart rate increasing towards target of 90-126bpm
Continuous walking on treadmill – using incline and speed function to rate heart beat to necessary level / 25 minutes / 90-126bpm
Rest and rehydration / 5 minutes
Continuous cycling / 25 minutes / 90-126bpm
Cool down: series of gentle activities and stretching to return the body to original starting point / 10 minutes / Return body gently to resting heart rate

Support for M2 & D1

Have you included such things as?

…..and what about some justification!