Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Students are expected to warm up and cool down.  Self testing for participants may be offered as a part of this class.

Upon completion of this course students should be able to:

• Increase levels of physical fitness through circuit interval training.
• Perform safe and effective warm up and cool down.
• Follow proper lifting and cardio training techniques for improvements in both cardiovascular fitness and muscular endurance.
• Apply knowledge and skills of circuit interval training, at an intermediate level, to future exercise programs.
• Promote continued improvement of aerobic and anaerobic fitness and strength through circuit interval training.

• Continued improvement of overall physical fitness
• Perform safe and effective weight lifting techniques
• Continued development of life long fitness, health and wellness program
   

• Pre/post fitness testing
• Individual fitness programs
• Active participation and effort
• Written assignments and/or exams

• Benefits of circuit interval training
• Care and use of weight equipment and or free weights
• Target heart rate
• Warm-up and cool-down
• Components of fitness-related physical fitness and their benefits for life-long gitness
• Personal fitness assessment
• Goal Setting
• Modification of exercises and activities for varying physical conditions and individual fitness levels
• Apply weight room safety rules to workout routine
• Operate weight room computer appropriately