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- Effective Term:
- Summer 2014 through Summer 2016
- Course Number:
- PE 142C
- Course Title:
- Zumba Fitness Gold
- Credit Hours:
- 1
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 30
Course Description
Introduces a slower paced Zumba Fitness Class. Incorporates Zumba music at half pace lower impact work. Promotes improved cardiorespiratory conditioning, muscle endurance flexibility and/or body composition. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion students should be able to:
- Appy the benefits of physical conditioning, including cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, balance, agility and flexibility.
- Perform safe and effective Zumba GOLD exercises that will continue a lifelong fitness program.
- Incorporates fitness principles started in Zumba Gold in future exercise. programming
Course Activities and Design
*Improvement of overall physical conditioning through Zumba participation, including but not limited to improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle fitness, balance, agility and flexibility
*Perform safe and effective Zumba fitness exercise
*Identify different rhythms, step patterns, and the techniques associated with those rhythms
*Develop lifelong fitness, health and wellness
Outcome Assessment Strategies
- Pre/post fitness testing
- Individual fitness programs
- Active participation/effort
- Demonstrations of proficiency
- Written assignments and/or exams
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
- Practice safe and effective warm-ups and cool downs
- Intensity monitoring via target heart rate, Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) and talk test method
- Components of fitness-related physical fitness and their benefits for lifelong fitness
- Principles of exercise training
- Personal fitness assessment
- Goal-setting for fitness
- Personal fitness program design
- Modify exercises and activities for varying physical conditions and individual fitness level
- Body mechanics-proper body alignment