"Fit Body, Fit Mind"
Physical Fitness & Wellness
Fitness & Conditioning Courses
A complete guide of fitness & conditioning courses are
listed below.
*** Clicking on each course will take you directly to the online course listing
and registration pages***
HOW TO REGISTER FOR FITNESS & CONDITIONING COURSES:
1) Click on the course link.
2) Choose the term during which you would like to take the
class (Summer '09, Fall '09, Spring '10)
3) Scroll through the "Subject" options until you find
Phys Fitn: Fitness, and highlight with
curser.
4) Click the Get Courses button.
5) Find the call and course numbers of the class you want and
click the lab or lab/lecture
highlighted link.
6) You must then enter secured login by clicking on the
secured login highlighted link and following
the prompts.
COURSES:
PFFT 100 -
Total Fitness A
Total
Fitness encompasses fitness, nutritional health,
and general
wellness principles. Students will complete
an assessment
measuring aerobic fitness, strength,
flexibility,
and nutrition. With supervision of an
instructor,
students will develop and participate in an
exercise plan
tailored to their individual needs. The
course
features flexibility of attendance and modular
teaching.
PFFT 101 -
Total Fitness B
Total
Fitness encompasses fitness, nutritional health,
and general
wellness principles. Students will complete
an assessment
measuring aerobic fitness, strength,
flexibility,
and nutrition. With supervision of an
instructor,
students will develop and participate in an
exercise plan
tailored to their individual needs. The
course
features flexibility of attendance and modular
teaching.
PFFT 102 -
Total Fitness C
Total
Fitness encompasses fitness, nutritional health,
and general
wellness principles. Students will complete
an assessment
measuring aerobic fitness, strength,
flexibility,
and nutrition. With supervision of an
instructor,
students will develop and participate in an
exercise plan
tailored to their individual needs. The
course
features flexibility of attendance and modular
teaching.
PFFT 103 -
Total Fitness D
Total
Fitness encompasses fitness, nutritional health,
and general
wellness principles. Students will complete
an assessment
measuring aerobic fitness, strength,
flexibility,
and nutrition. With supervision of an
instructor,
students will develop and participate in an
exercise plan
tailored to their individual needs. The
course
features flexibility of attendance and modular
teaching.
PFFT 104 -
Therapeutic Massage Fitness Lab
This course
is designed for students in the Therapeutic
Massage
Program. The emphasis is on general fitness
(cardiovascular, flexibilty, muscle strength and
endurance),
as well as specific exercises related to
massage
therapy skills. General wellness principles
are addressed
during this course.
PFFT 107 -
Jogging: Beginning
This course
introduces jogging as a fitness modality
and covers
how to care for feet, proper equipment
choices,
clothing, and safety.
PFFT 109 -
Introduction to Fitness
Introduction
to Fitness is designed to introduce
general
fitness and wellness concepts to students.
With
supervision of an instructor, students will
develop and
participate in exercise plans tailored to
their
individual needs. This course features flexibility
of attendance
and modular teaching.
PFFT 109 -
Silver Stars Exercise
NEW class for
adults (ages 50+ recommended) who
want to get
active and stay active. Emphasis on
coordination,
balance, agility, strength, and flexibility.
Instructor-led in the fitness center. (Ages 62+ qualify
for the
senior tuition discount)
PFFT 109 -
Exercise for Learning Readiness
NEW class for
students wishing to increase their
learning
readiness for the day. Research shows
exercise
activates the learning center of the brain.
Workout first
and then go to class attentive and ready
to learn.
Emphasis on aerobic fitness, muscular
strength,
flexibility, and healthy breakfasts.
PFFT 111 -
Aerobic Boxing
This course
will teach the art of self-defense while
improving
your aerobic and anaerobic capacity.
PFFT 113 -
Core Strength & Flexibility Training
This course
combines core training and flexibility
exercises.
Students will use calisthenics and floor
exercises to
improve muscle strength, increase
flexibility,
and develop core strength (back and
abdominal
muscles). Proper flexibility techniques and
exercises
will be emphasized. Students will
experience a
total body workout utilizing all major
muscle
groups.
PFFT 114 -
Advanced Circuit Training
This course
is designed to incorporate strength
conditioning,
muscle endurance, flexibility, and
cardiovascular training for a total body workout. This
can be
accomplished in a relatively short time frame
by utilizing
the circuit training method.
PFFT 119 -
Fire Academy Fitness Training
This course
provides Fire Academy students with
techniques
and practice to improve and maintain a
high degree
of physical fitness necessary to meet the
demands of
their profession.
PFFT 120 -
Aerobic Exercise
This course
helps students to improve cardiovascular
function and
oxygen efficiency to enhance muscle
structure and
function through toning exercises,
aerobic
dancing, and stretching.
PFFT 122 -
Step Aerobics
This course
helps students improve cardiovascular
efficiency
through the use of step platforms.
Movement
combinations with increasing complexity
will be used
to increase student's balance and
coordination.
Toning and stretching exercises will be
used to
complete muscle balancing and flexibility.
Educational
material will be distributed to increase
student's
knowledge of fitness and wellness to
improve
personal quality of life.
PFFT 134 -
Mind/Body Fitness - Nia Technique
Nia blends
self expressive, simple movements from
martial arts,
dance arts, and healing arts for balanced
conditioning.
Nia empowers students to achieve
physical,
mental, and emotional well-being through a
safe
cardiovascular exercise approach. Nia is designed
to connect
students to their inner rhythm through
greater body
awareness.
PFFT 136 -
Dance Exercise
This course
includes warm-ups and exercise from
various dance
genres including ballet, modern, jazz,
urban line,
and cuntry line, designed to develop
flexibility,
strength, and coordination.
PFFT 147 -
Basketball Fitness Training
This course
is not a traditional basketball class.
Participants
will be in a workout class that will have an
emphasis on
conditioning using basketball drills and
basketballs.
Class activities will include running,
continuous
movement, shooting, defense slides, and
dribbling.
PFFT 169-
Fit for Life Exercise
This course
introduces the older student to the benefits
and
importance of a regular exercise program to
combat the
debilitating effects which inactivity has
upon aging.
The student will learn the benefits of
cardiovascular exercise as well as flexibility, mobility,
and range of
motion.
PFFT 170 -
Yoga: Beginning
This course
is an introduction to yogic breathing and
yogic
stretching exercises with emphasis on
relaxation
and meditation. Yoga postures will be
utilized to
reduce stress and tension.
PFFT 171 -
Yoga: Continuing
This course
promotes psycho-physical integreation
of body and
mind through yogic breathing, stretching,
and
relaxation. Guided breathing and visualization are
used to
enhance depth and quality of relaxation and
meditation.
PFFT 180 -
Seminar: Special Subjects
Seminars are
designed to meet specific community
needs.
PFFT 261 -
Adult Fitness/Cardiac Rehab Exercise
This course
includes medically-monitored exercise
and health
education, and provides opportunities for
students to
maintain and/or improve their fitness
level through
supervised aerobic exercise sessions.
This course
is designed for adults with health disease
as well as
for adults without heart disease working to
stay
physically fit. Course allows continuous
enrollment.
Please contact the Physical Fitness
department
directly for information regarding medical
approval for
enrollment.
*** Clicking on each course will take you directly to the online course listing and registration pages**
