Lifelong Wellness Dance Aerobics Adjunct Instructor

• Demonstrate an understanding of the health-related components of fitness as they relate to wellness.
• Identify activities and criteria that meet the FITT principle for each component.
• Explore how the FITT principles of the five health-related components of fitness can impact student's overall wellness.
• Describe how the health-related components of fitness impact chronic disease risk.
• Demonstrate an understanding of healthy nutrition.
• List all macronutrients along with their caloric values, healthy food sources, relationship to healthy diet, and roles in the body.
• Explain the importance of micronutrients and their role in a healthy diet.
• Demonstrate an ability to think critically about nutritional claims and differentiate myth from fact.
• Demonstrate knowledge of major muscle groups.
• Identify the location of the major muscles groups.
• Give examples of exercises to strengthen the major muscle groups.
• Demonstrate an understanding of heart rate training.
• Demonstrate how to take, monitor, and calculate resting heart rates, exercise heart rates, and training zones.
• Explain how the training zones impact cardiovascular training principles.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the dimensions of wellness.
• Identify and define the dimensions of wellness.
• Explain, with examples from their lives, what contributes to or detracts from the various dimensions of wellness.
• Demonstrate various dance aerobic training exercises using safe and proper technique as a means to improving fitness.
• Describe the importance of a warm-up and cool-down.
• Demonstrate an understanding of various dance aerobic training programs and principles.

• Associate's Degree in Health Fitness or Nutrition Related

• Group Fitness Instructor Certification
• Previous experience leading group exercise

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