- General Concepts
- Achieving and maintaining health
- Introduction
- Basic functions of the personal trainer
- Areas of personal trainer development
- Customer profiles
- Professional ethics of the personal trainer
- Keys to success for personal trainers
- Morphology
- Physiology
- Division of the skeleton
- Bone development
- Bone system
- Joints and movement
- Introduction to Myology
- Types of Muscle Tissue
- Characteristics of muscle tissue
- The Skeletal Muscle
- Muscle attachments
- Muscle tone and strength
- Muscle contraction
- Energy system
- Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
- Types of energy sources
- Alactic anaerobic system or phosphagen system
- Anaerobic lactic anaerobic system or anaerobic glycolysis
- Aerobic or oxidative system
- Physical exercise
- Organic Adaptations in Exercise
- Energy metabolism during exercise. Fatigue
- Energy utilisation by muscle
- Carbohydrate utilisation in exercise
- Fat utilisation in exercise
- Protein utilisation in exercise
- Vitamins and exercise
- Minerals and exercise
- Water and exercise
- Introduction
- Caloric expenditure
- Carbohydrates
- Fats
- Proteins
- Nutritional guidelines for hypertrophy training
- Introduction to training
- Theories explaining the phenomena of adaptation of the organism to stresses
- Factors involved in physical training
- Measurement and assessment of physical fitness
- Heating and cooling
- Relaxation and breathing techniques
- Flexibility training
- Cardiovascular or aerobic training
- Muscle training
- Strength training
- De-training
- Hygiene behaviour in training
- Introduction to sports injuries
- Definition
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Frequent sports injuries
- What should you do if you get injured while exercising?
- Common causes of training injuries
- Techniques used in the prevention and treatment of injuries
- General principles of first aid
- Assistance
- Resuscitation techniques. Basic CPR
- State of Shock
- Injuries and bleeding
- Burns
- Electrocution
- Fractures and contusions
- Intoxication
- Sunshine
- What NOT to do in first aid