• Online Course
• 17 interactive Review and Test Your Knowledge quizzes
• Flash Cards 
• Online CEC Quiz (73 multiple choice questions. Minimum passing score 75%)

Time to Complete: 18 Months to complete Examination Process

Course Access: Continued access with updates available

Course Objectives: 
After completing this course you will be able to:

1. Define and explain homeostasis and allostasis as it relates to a resting and exercising body.
2. Discuss the body’s response and adaptation to exercise training including chronic and acute adaption and the physiological principles.
3. Identify the guidelines for exercise including cardiorespiratory endurance, resistance, flexibility, and neuromotor exercise.
4. Explain how to monitor acute exercise variables including frequency, intensity, duration, and mode of exercise.
5. Identify 5 aspects of aging, exercise age, and how it affects exercise response.
6. Define exercise tolerance and adherence and explain three methods to help a client with tolerance and adherence difficulties.
7. Describe 3 exercise components related to heart rate and threshold physiology.
8. Discuss the importance of dose-response relationship and individual response to exercise.
9. Describe the various aspects of heart rate variability.
10. Explain the 5 stages related to outcome based heart rate training.
11. Describe the role determining heart rate zones plays in exercise testing and 5 heart rate methods.
12. Discuss the role of rate of perceived exertion and the talk test in outcome based heart rate training.
13. Describe the role genetics plays in exercise training identifying 5 basic genetic terms.
14. Discuss the history of heart rate monitors.
15. Explain zone, threshold, and heart rate training methods including proper use, advantages, and applications for use.
16. Discuss heart rate training applications for resistance and flexibility training.
17. Describe methodology and features of wearable devices.
18. Discuss client considerations for outcome based heart rate training.
19. Recognize and explain 4 types of training programs that are used in outcome based programming.