2025
Practices in Exercise and Health II
Name: Practices in Exercise and Health II
Code: DES14916L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Human Kinetics
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Knowledge:
1. Deepen understanding of gym management and administration.
2. Explore advanced approaches in designing group classes.
3. Develop advanced skills in physical assessment, including the use of technologies, and enhance exercise prescription capabilities.
Skills:
1.Provide guidance to weight room users with specific needs.
2.Develop advanced leadership skills in group classes.
3.Conduct more specialized physical assessments and prescribe more specialized training programs.
Competencies:
1. Collaborate to develop actions aimed at the success of the gym's sports and business policies.
2. Develop the ability to handle clinical cases, high-performance athletes, and special populations.
3.Handle challenging situations during classes, such as medical emergencies, and maintain a positive environment even in more complex contexts.
1. Deepen understanding of gym management and administration.
2. Explore advanced approaches in designing group classes.
3. Develop advanced skills in physical assessment, including the use of technologies, and enhance exercise prescription capabilities.
Skills:
1.Provide guidance to weight room users with specific needs.
2.Develop advanced leadership skills in group classes.
3.Conduct more specialized physical assessments and prescribe more specialized training programs.
Competencies:
1. Collaborate to develop actions aimed at the success of the gym's sports and business policies.
2. Develop the ability to handle clinical cases, high-performance athletes, and special populations.
3.Handle challenging situations during classes, such as medical emergencies, and maintain a positive environment even in more complex contexts.
Contents
Exercise Room
1. Financial Principles in Gyms
2. Digital Marketing Strategies for Gyms
3. Strategies for Serving Users with Special Needs
4. Advanced Protocols for Injury Prevention
5. Spotting: Interaction and Engagement Strategies with Clients
Group Classes
1. Advanced Construction of Group Classes
2. Utilization of Innovative Technology in In-Person and Virtual Classes
3. Integration of Motivational and Playful Elements in Classes
4. Music: Lesson Structure and Choreographic Sequences
Exercise Prescription
1. Physical Assessment: Designing Physical Fitness Assessment Instruments
2. Assessment of Special Populations
3. Use of Wearables and Other Advanced Technologies
4. Data Interpretation for Optimization of Training Programs
1. Financial Principles in Gyms
2. Digital Marketing Strategies for Gyms
3. Strategies for Serving Users with Special Needs
4. Advanced Protocols for Injury Prevention
5. Spotting: Interaction and Engagement Strategies with Clients
Group Classes
1. Advanced Construction of Group Classes
2. Utilization of Innovative Technology in In-Person and Virtual Classes
3. Integration of Motivational and Playful Elements in Classes
4. Music: Lesson Structure and Choreographic Sequences
Exercise Prescription
1. Physical Assessment: Designing Physical Fitness Assessment Instruments
2. Assessment of Special Populations
3. Use of Wearables and Other Advanced Technologies
4. Data Interpretation for Optimization of Training Programs
Teaching Methods
The completion of the internship in a gym/health club emphasizes practical and experiential learning, enabling students to understand its operation and acquire practical skills. Therefore, the content approach will focus on developing students' ability to learn autonomously and collaboratively in the construction of knowledge in a professional context, promoting not only problem-solving skills, critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration but also deepening relationships with the business sector, contributing to the development and attractiveness of the course. The use of digital resources will be integrated into the internship, in close communication with the gym/health club professionals, to facilitate the administration and monitoring of students' work.
Assessment
Continuous assessment is the recommended evaluation method and considers the following components:
Continuous Assessment (CA):
1. CA1 - 50%:Gym Performance - Skills demonstrated by the student in their internship.
2. CA2 - 50% Report - Description and justification of pedagogical and scientific issues; Coherence and relevance of planning, intervention, and evaluation decisions; Reflective and self-questioning ability; Explicitation of achieved learning.
Final Assessment (Normal, Final, and Special Exam Periods):**
1. FA1 - 60%: Report.
2. FA2 - 40%: The same work considered in CA1. This evaluation component is common to the continuous assessment regime (UÉ Academic Regulations), and the practical presentation component must take place during the period.
Passing requires achieving a minimum final grade of 9.5 points.
Continuous Assessment (CA):
1. CA1 - 50%:Gym Performance - Skills demonstrated by the student in their internship.
2. CA2 - 50% Report - Description and justification of pedagogical and scientific issues; Coherence and relevance of planning, intervention, and evaluation decisions; Reflective and self-questioning ability; Explicitation of achieved learning.
Final Assessment (Normal, Final, and Special Exam Periods):**
1. FA1 - 60%: Report.
2. FA2 - 40%: The same work considered in CA1. This evaluation component is common to the continuous assessment regime (UÉ Academic Regulations), and the practical presentation component must take place during the period.
Passing requires achieving a minimum final grade of 9.5 points.
Teaching Staff
- Bruno Emanuel Nogueira Figueira [responsible]
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