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SEMINAR PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DAY ONE
Introduction: 15 minutes
Professor should open with his or her personal background and affiliation with the ISSA and transition into ISSA background information below.
Dr. Sal Arria and Dr. Fred Hatfield had a vision to pioneer a personal fitness trainer certification that would merge in gym experience with practical and applied sciences more than fifteen years ago to share their passion for the benefits of the fitness lifestyle with the masses. As the industry continues to expand its boundaries and the realm of scientific knowledge concerning the human response and adaptation to exercise continues to grow, it is essential that we as personal fitness trainers are competent in:
- Exercise Programming
- Exercise Physiology
- Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics
- Assessments and Fitness Testing
- Nutrition and Weight Management
- Basic Emergency Procedures and Safety
- Program Administration
- Human Behavior/Motivation
For the ISSA trainer of today and the ISSA trainer of tomorrow, education and support are vital. It is the hope and vision of the ISSA that through the CFT course text, Online Membership privileges, your experience here at the Seminar and the support provided by the entire ISSA staff, that you will become well rounded, educated and knowledgeable on exercise and how it relates to optimal health and fitness.
We hope that all of you took the necessary steps to adequately prepare for the seminar examination. If you have NOT taken the necessary steps to properly insure your success as outlined in your course material and accompanying CFT Workbook and CFT Practice Examination, the SEMINAR in of itself will NOT be enough to ensure your success. While we cannot cover everything in the text, our points of emphasis during these next two days will focus on the practical applications of training and will include the following:
- Professional Responsibilities
- Client Assessment
- Exercise Program Design and Implementation
- Motivation and Human Behavior
- Safety Issues
- Instructional Techniques
Section I: Professional Responsibilities - 1 hour, 15 minutes
- State of the Industry
- Implications for ISSA trainers
- Your Role as a CFT
- Establishing a Relationship
- Nutritional Issues
- Supplementation Issues
Section II: Client Assessment - 2 hours
- Drawing in Phase
- Goal Orientation
- Blood Pressure
- Body Composition/BIA, hydrostatic weighing, NMR
- BMI
- Waist Circumference
- Caliper Test
- Flexibility Test/ Sit and reach, zipper test
- Muscular Endurance Test/ push-up test, sit-up
- Cardiovascular Test/ step test, cycle test, walk test
- Muscular strength/ leg press test, bench test
Section III: Exercise Program Design and Implementation - 2 hours (Part I is 30 minutes, followed by lunch. Part II is 1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Anaerobic physiological adaptations
- Aerobic physiological adaptations
- Laws of Training
- Periodization
- Determining THR/VO2max, THR, Karvonen Formula, RPE
- Low vs. High Intensity training/ fiber type discussion, size principle
- Determining Training Loads
- How to determine 1-RM
- How percentage of 1-RM relates to repetition range/ discuss standard deviations from the norm
- How to determine sets and volume/ supersets. Pyramid, splits, compounds sets
- How to determine rate of progression/ rules of 2
Section IV: Motivation and Behavior - 1 hour
- Motivation
- Visual Domain
- Auditory Domain
- Kinesthetic Domain
- Multi-Sensory Approach
Section V: Safety Issues - 1 hour
- Warm up
- Cool down
- Avoiding over training
- Hydration
- Supplementation
- CPR
- First Aid
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