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Diploma in Physical Fitness

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Diploma in Physical Fitness

Improve your physical fitness know-how with the theories and practices covered in this free online course.
This free online physical fitness course will introduce you to the basics of exercise physiology and show you how the body responds and adapts to physical exercise. Developing and maintaining your (and other ... This free online physical fitness course will introduce you to the basics of exercise physiology and show you how the body responds and adapts to physical exercise. Developing and maintaining your (and other people's) physical fitness and core strength needs to be done in a way that keeps everyone injury-free. This will make your fitness regimes more effective and safe, and give your physical training skills a real boost, for free.
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What You Will Learn In This Free Course

  • Define the term exercise physiology...
  • Discuss the function of the cardiov...
  • Discuss how running, swimming and s...
  • Describe the benefits that flexibil...
  • Define the term exercise physiology
  • Discuss the function of the cardiovascular system during exercise
  • Discuss how running, swimming and strength training can be used as effective tools to develop and maintain strength and fitness
  • Describe the benefits that flexibility can have on overall health and fitness
  • Describe the benefits of calisthenic and plyometric exercise on muscular strength, endurance and power
  • Describe the effects that training in extreme environments can have on the body
  • Describe a range of common injuries that occur during physical training and the best ways to prevent and treat them
  • Discuss the effects of performance enhancing substances and the beneficial and adverse effects linked to them
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