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ISMAT 17295

Exercise and health

Sports Sciences
  • ApresentaçãoPresentation
    The Exercise and Health curricular unit focuses on group activities and individual activities that are carried out mainly in the context of gyms. The aerobic gymnastics and step methodology is the basis for the development of competences defined for the group activities. These are essentially based on the theoretical and practical domain of the use of motor skills, musical and choreographic structures, as well as teaching and leadership skills. In the individual activities, the fulfillment of the proposed objectives results from the operationalization in a real context (gym/health club) of the syllabus presented, namely, the physical and functional assessment, the movement preparation (warm-up), the cardiorespiratory training, the muscle strength training, the joint mobility training, and the training with portable equipments.
  • ProgramaProgramme
    GROUP ACTIVITIES:   S1. Code of ethics   S2. Aerobics and Step: characterization, objectives and benefits   S3. Equipment and material resources   S4. Music and musical structures   S5. Aerobic and step motor skills   S6. Variation elements   S7. Transitions   S8. Choreographic editing techniques   S9. Structure of Aerobics and Step classes   S10. The teacher: position and movement in space   S11. Command orders     INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES:   S12. Physical and Functional Assessment: Protocols.   S13. Functional Warm-up / Preparation for Movement: Phases, Objectives and Exercises.   S14. Cardiorespiratory Training: Means and Methods, Exercise Prescription, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and Periodization.   S15. Muscle Strength Training: Means and Methods, Exercise Prescription and Periodization.   S16. Joint Mobility Training: Means and Methods, Exercise Prescription and Periodization.   S17. Training with equipments.
  • ObjectivosObjectives
    GROUP ACTIVITIES:   LO1: Identify musical beats, measures, musical phrases, bpm, rhythm and melody;   LO2: Start lessons or lesson sequences on 32-beat musical phrases;   LO3: Teach classes using motor skills teaching methods and choreographic assembly;   LO4: Properly use the different command orders.   INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES:   LO5: Mastering and applying the various protocols related to physical and functional assessment.   LO6. You must master the functional warm-up / movement preparation (phases, objectives, methods and exercises).   LO7: Know and know how to apply the main means and methods of cardio-respiratory training, depending on the practitioner.   OA8: Apply the main means and methods of muscle strength training depending on the practitioner.   LO9: Apply the main means and methods of mobility training depending on the practitioner.   LO10: Carefully choose the different equipment for the practice of physical exercise.
  • BibliografiaBibliography
    - ACSM Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 12th Edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. 2025.   - Pezarat-Correia P, Mil-Homens P, Mendonça, G. Treino de Força: Avaliação, Planeamento e Aplicações. Faculdade de Motricidade Humana.Volume 2. 2017.   - Pezarat-Correia P, Mil-Homens P, Mendonça, G. Treino da Força - Princípios Biológicos e Métodos de Treino. Faculdade de Motricidade Humana. Vol. 1. 2017.   - Clark, M., Lucett, S., McGill, E., Montel, I., & Sutton B. NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training. Wolters Kluwer. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2018.   - ACSM Resources for Group Exercise Instructor. 2th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2022.    - Yoke, M., & Armbruster, C. Methods of Group Exercise Instruction. 4th edition. Champaign. Human Kinetics. 2020. 
  • MetodologiaMethodology
    Several innovative methodologies are used to support the teaching-learning process: - Active learning methodologies that involve practice in a real context (gym); - Methodologies that imply guided discovery according of problem situations; - Methodologies that involve the implementation of situations in a role-play format for the application of programmatic contents; - Methodologies that involve the use of new technologies (e.g.: Tabata Pro, Box Breath, heart rate monitors, among others).
  • LínguaLanguage
    Português
  • TipoType
    Semestral
  • ECTS
    6
  • NaturezaNature
    Mandatory
  • EstágioInternship
    Não