- 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
- MODULE 2. PRACTICE. MULTIMEDIA PERSONAL TRAINER
- Introduction.
- Functions.
- Health.
- Initial assessment.
- Components of fitness.
- Training Session: Beginner Strength Session
- Annexed documents.
- Anatomy
- - Anatomical position
- - Key concepts: planimetry, body axes, symmetry, and eponyms.
- - Constitutional types of the human body
- - Classification of anatomy
- Systems and apparatus of the human anatomy
- - Bone system and functions
- - Respiratory system
- - Cardiovascular system
- - Digestive system
- - Renal system
- - Endocrine system
- - Nervous system
- - The skin
- Myology
- Muscle Tissues: smooth, skeletal and cardiac
- - Muscle movements
- Characteristics of muscle tissue
- - Regeneration of muscle tissue
- The Skeletal Muscle
- - Classification of skeletal muscles according to: form, action and function
- - Muscular action on the skeleton
- Muscle attachments
- Muscle tone and strength
- - Muscle tone
- Theoretical basis
- Caloric expenditure
- Nutrients in sport
- - Carbohydrates
- - Fats
- - Protein
- - Water and electrolytes
- - Micronutrients
- Sports injuries. Concept
- -Prevention of sports injuries
- - Treatment of sports injuries
- Lower limb injuries
- - Leg injuries
- - Foot injuries
- - Thigh injuries
- - Knee injuries
- Upper limb and trunk injuries
- - Upper extremity injuries
- - Shoulder injuries
- Injuries in children
- - Most common injuries in children
- Treatment of sports injuries
- - Orthopaedic treatment of injuries
- - Functional taping and different sports applications
- - Skin lesions caused by sporting activities
- - Medical hydrology and complementary natural therapies
- Introduction to the history of massage
- - From Egypt to Islam
- - From the Middle Ages to the 20th century
- Introduction to sports massage
- - Manipulative techniques used in the performance of massages
- Stages for the application of a sports massage
- - Keys to sports massage
- Gymnastics for massage. Chirogymnastics
- Physiological effects of massage
- - Myofascial stretching in sport
- General indications and contraindications for massage
- - Indications for massage
- - Contraindications to massage
- Massage
- - Warm-up massage
- - Intra-competition massage
- - Restorative or post-competition massage
- - Training or inter-week massage
- - Massage as part of a physiotherapy programme for injuries
- Self-massage for athletes
- Russian massage
- Foot reflexotherapy for athletes
- - Benefits of foot reflexology
- - Contraindications of foot reflexology
- Manual lymphatic drainage
- - Basic techniques in lymphatic drainage
- Cryotherapy, cryomassage and cryokinetics
- - Physiological effects
- - Indications and contraindications
- - Forms of application
- Cryomassage and Cryokinetics
- - Application of cryomassage
- - Indications for cryomassage
- - Contraindications to cryomassage
- - Cryokinetics
- Shiatsu. Japanese massage
- - Benefits of shiatsu treatment
- Functional bandaging
- - Functional taping techniques
- - Indications and contraindications for functional taping
- - Properties of functional bandaging
- Types of functional bandages
- - Functional bandages: shoulder and elbow
- - Functional bandages: wrist
- - Functional bandages: trunk
- - Functional bandages: thigh and knee
- - Functional ankle and foot supports
- Other bandages
- - Neuromuscular bandages
- - Bandaging the patient with lymphoedema
- - Dressing the amputee patient
- Knee anatomy and biomechanics
- - Physical examinations of the knee
- Magnetic resonance imaging of soft tissues of the knee
- Knee injuries
- - Soft-tissue rheumatism of the knee
- - Rehabilitation of knee injuries
- - Osteopathy
- Electro-stimulation of the knee joint
- Lower limb rehabilitation in the aquatic environment
- Basic concepts: physical activity, physical exercise and fitness
- - Physical activity
- - Physical exercise
- - Physical condition
- Benefits of physical activity
- - Components of physical activity
- Effects of physical activity and diet
- - Effects on obesity
- - Effects on diabetes
- - Effects on high blood pressure
- Cineanthropometry
- - Anthropometry
- Ergogenic aids
- - Características
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Cold and Heat Injuries (Frostbite and Hypothermia)
- - Freezing
- - Hypothermia
- Cramp, exhaustion and heat stroke
- - Heat cramps
- - Heat exhaustion
- - Heat shock