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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify client fitness goals.
   • Discuss client health-related and skill-related goals.
   • Explain the need to incorporate an increase in physical activity and a decrease in physical inactivity, as required, to clients.
   • Conduct pre-exercise health screening, and health assessment procedures as required.
   • Explain training adaptations expected when participating in long-term exercise program.
   • Develop objectives for long-term program and each phase of program, in consultation with client where required.
2. Develop program plans.
   • Determine type of training, training methods and equipment required to achieve client goals.
   • Calculate total training volume required to achieve client goals.
   • Develop and document a long-term exercise plan that incorporates key instructional information.
   • Develop customised and contemporary training sessions to meet client specific needs.
3. Conduct exercise sessions.
   • Allocate sufficient space, assemble resources and check equipment for safety and maintenance requirements.
   • Provide clear and accurate exercise instruction and confirm client understanding.
   • Demonstrate skills and techniques to client.
   • Observe and monitor participation and performance of client and adjust as required.
   • Select and use communication techniques that encourage and support client.
   • Monitor client for signs and symptoms of intolerance.
   • Seek feedback from client during exercise sessions.
   • Modify session as required, according to specific fitness outcomes, or for safety, using consideration of basic mechanics.
   • Respond to clients experiencing difficulties, and answer questions as required.
   • Complete session documentation and progress notes.
4. Evaluate program.
   • Monitor and evaluate exercise program at appropriate intervals.
   • Request and respond to feedback from client.
   • Identify aspects needing further emphasis or attention in future sessions.
   • Review own performance and identify areas needing improvement.
   • Implement modifications to future instruction and discuss changes to the client’s long-term exercise plan.
   • Maintain and store records of evaluation and modification of program.
5. Identify client fitness goals.
   • Discuss client health-related and skill-related goals.
   • Explain the need to incorporate an increase in physical activity and a decrease in physical inactivity, as required, to clients.
   • Conduct pre-exercise health screening, and health assessment procedures as required.
   • Explain training adaptations expected when participating in long-term exercise program.
   • Develop objectives for long-term program and each phase of program, in consultation with client where required.
6. Develop program plans.
   • Determine type of training, training methods and equipment required to achieve client goals.
   • Calculate total training volume required to achieve client goals.
   • Develop and document a long-term exercise plan that incorporates key instructional information.
   • Develop customised and contemporary training sessions to meet client specific needs.
7. Conduct exercise sessions.
   • Allocate sufficient space, assemble resources and check equipment for safety and maintenance requirements.
   • Provide clear and accurate exercise instruction and confirm client understanding.
   • Demonstrate skills and techniques to client.
   • Observe and monitor participation and performance of client and adjust as required.
   • Select and use communication techniques that encourage and support client.
   • Monitor client for signs and symptoms of intolerance.
   • Seek feedback from client during exercise sessions.
   • Modify session as required, according to specific fitness outcomes, or for safety, using consideration of basic mechanics.
   • Respond to clients experiencing difficulties, and answer questions as required.
   • Complete session documentation and progress notes.
8. Evaluate program.
   • Monitor and evaluate exercise program at appropriate intervals.
   • Request and respond to feedback from client.
   • Identify aspects needing further emphasis or attention in future sessions.
   • Review own performance and identify areas needing improvement.
   • Implement modifications to future instruction and discuss changes to the client’s long-term exercise plan.
   • Maintain and store records of evaluation and modification of program.

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role. This must include a period(s) totalling at least ten hours comprising at least ten different client contact sessions and:

plan, implement and evaluate at least five long-term exercise programs using the principles of program design to suit the needs of clients with goals related to a combination of health- and skill-related components of fitness

conduct sessions that individually or cumulatively incorporate:

use of a variety of all of the following equipment:

cardiovascular

free weight

gym

contemporary exercise equipment

demonstration, explanation, and instruction in the following:

cardiovascular, with and without electrical or non-electrical equipment

resistance, using body weight, free weights and contemporary fitness equipment, and a combination of compound and isolation exercises

flexibility – static, dynamic and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)

injury prevention strategies specific to client needs and program

competition or performance strategy into at least one of the programs

exercises to develop:

skill

agility

proprioception

balance

coordination

reaction time

controlled power movements, for example in plyometric-style exercises

modify at least three existing exercise plans for clients, addressing at least four of the following:

technical requirements

changing needs due to fitness adaptations

changing goals

client needs, objectives, likes and dislikes

technical difficulty adjustments of exercises

document exercise plans and exercise programs for all clients using clear and structured forms.

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Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:

long-term exercise program planning for improvement of health- and skill-related components of fitness:

body composition

muscle endurance

muscle strength

flexibility

cardiovascular endurance

balance

reaction time

coordination

power

speed

agility

proprioception

safety and preparation considerations for the use of plyometric training in client programs

program design and variables relevant to the combination of health- and skill-related components of fitness in the client’s program:

muscle actions

loads and volumes

exercise selection and order

rest periods

repetition velocity

frequency

training principles relevant to the health- and skill-related components of fitness in the client’s program:

overload

progression

adaptation

specificity

individualisation

maintenance

training methods and consideration of intensity, program types, sets and reps, circuits, matrices, super-sets, pre-fatigue and interval training

types of conditioning and training, and expected adaptations, including timing, for:

speed

power

strength

flexibility

cardiovascular endurance

hypertrophy

muscle endurance

weight loss

agility

reaction time

balance

coordination

client considerations and needs:

client details

fitness levels and goals

training history

targeted adaptations

anticipated rate of client adaptation

number and nature of session programs

equipment requirements

facility requirements

review dates

application of exercise science, anatomy, physiology, biomechanics considerations to fitness activities and long-term exercise programming:

aerobic endurance and responses

hypertrophy training and types of muscle fibres

muscle tension

local muscle endurance training and recovery

neuromuscular coordination training, safety, skill and recovery

strength training, recovery times and techniques

stretching and flexibility methods, techniques and recovery times

predicted rate of adaptation

progression

recovery rate

reversibility

specificity

training threshold

manufacturer and exercise equipment specifications for safe use and techniques

signs and symptoms of exercise intolerance and overtraining such as unusual fatigue

physiological changes that occur from long-term exercise training:

cardiovascular changes

energy system and substrate utilisation

nervous system changes

pulmonary changes

thermoregulation.

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