HED 120
INTRODUCTION TO WELLNESS
COURSE INTRODUCTION TO WELLNESS
INSTRUCTOR RON TIMBERLAKE E–MAIL:RTIMBERLAKE@VOLSTATE.EDU
Office Number: P-125 (GYM) Pickel Building
Phone Number: 4532-8600 ext. 3245
TEXTBOOK A Wellness Way of Life sixth edition
EDUCATION opportunity to develop an awareness of the relationships between
GOAL physical and mental well being and give training in skills that can be used to maintain a healthy
GENERAL As a result of successful completion of this course, students will have
EDUCATION demonstrated an acceptable level of effective wellness
OUTCOMES concepts. They will also have demonstrated an ability to apply these principles to their present
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HED 120
OUTCOME Upon completing this course the student will have demonstrated the
OBJECTIVES: ability to:
1. Define the term WELLNESS
2. List the component parts of WELLNESS
3. Differentiate between skill related aspects of wellness and health related
aspects of wellness.
4. Describe the importance of warm-up, work-out and cool-down in a training
program.
5. Define hypo kinetic disease.
6. Identify risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease.
7. Assess his/her cardio/respiratory endurance.
8. Assess his/her target heat rate zone.
9. Determine his/her threshold of training.
10. Calculate his/her upper limit of the target heart rate zone.
11. Assess his/her muscular strength.
12. Describe the difference between anaerobic and aerobic activity.
13. Identify strength-training exercises for developing specific muscle groups.
14. Define flexibility and describe its importance as a health related component of wellness.
15. Differentiate between static stretching and ballistic stretching.
16. Assess his/her own range of motion
17. Distinguish between body weight and body composition.
18. Assess total body fat.
19. Distinguish between the terms over fat and overweight.
20. Describe methods of controlling body fat.
21. Define the oxygen pump theory in relation to heart disease.
22. Define the lipid deposit theory in relationship to heart disease.
23. Describe the protective protein theory.
24. Describe the fibrin deposit theory.
25. Describe the coronary collateral circulation theory.
26. Describe the loafer's heart theory.
27. Define the principles of overload, progression, frequency, intensity and
duration.
28. Identify the safety procedures which should be used in a workout.
29. Define the terms isometric, isotonic and isokinetic.
30. Assess several components of wellness.
31. Design a fitness program for improving muscle strength.
32. Assess vital lung capacity.
33. Explain the relationship of nutrition to physical performance.
34. Define the term stress.
35. Describe the role of physical activity in coping with stress.
36. Describe exercises for care of the back.
37. Differentiate between good exercises and high risk exercises.
38. Practice exercise cautions.
1. All assigned labs must be completed by using the sheets in the lab manual. Any lab completed on notebook paper will not be accepted.
2. Lab make-ups must be approved. Labs will only be made up in cases of emergency. (Certain labs will be impossible to make-up.)
3. Lab sheets must be completed in full in order to receive credit for the lab.
4. Students must dress according to each particular lab.
5. Neatness is required in all paperwork.
NOTEBOOK ASSIGNMENT
Fifteen laboratory assignments out of the textbook are required.
ACTIVITIES: 1) Take an objective test over the textbook materials.
2) Develop a wellness program based on the student’s needs
3) Participate in the daily class activities.
1) Attendance = 25%
2) Labs = 15%
3) Personal Wellness Program = 10%
4) Mid-term = 25%
5) Final Exam = 25%
SCALE: POINTS GRADE
90 ‑ 100 points = A
80 ‑ 89 points = B
70 ‑ 79 points = C
60 ‑ 69 points = D
Below 60 = F
Incomplete = I
The grade of ‘I’ or incomplete is given only in extreme circumstances (sickness or death) when a student is unable to complete the course. The instructor must approve the reason for this grade. The course must be completed in the following semester or the grade automatically becomes an F.
Each student will be given a pre-test for fitness and a post-test for fitness unless there is a medical problem which prevents the test. If you are under a doctor’s care, it is your responsibility to notify the instructor and are encouraged to do so. You should have a physical examination prior to taking this course. If you do not have an exam, you are taking the course at your own risk.
It is the student’s responsibility to notify the instructor when he/she is tardy in order to avoid being marked absent.