Unit 5 Assignment: Health Appraisal and Exercise Programming
Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
HW280-U5-1: Define and initiate the health appraisal process.
HW280-U5-2: Define your current health status.
HW280-U5-3: Select exercise program components.
HW280-U5-4: Evaluate an exercise program.
Course outcome addressed in this Assignment:
HW280-1: Describe the components of physical fitness and performance.
HW280-2: Evaluate current strategies used in aerobic and anaerobic training.
Instructions
Write a 3–4 page essay (double spaced, APA format in style and referencing) analyzing your own health and wellness from an exercise science standpoint by addressing the following:
Evaluate your own current health status by as many of the health status categories included in Chapter 2 of Fitness Professional’s Handbook as you can:
Using your evaluation, create an exercise prescription for yourself. Base your prescription on the following:
- Your individual health status
- Personal goals
Based on Chapters 22 and 23 of Fitness Professional’s Handbook include a paragraph highlighting what things an effective exercise leader could to do help you meet your program goals.
Conclude your paper with a short summary of why attaining the goals you have set will be beneficial to your personal health and wellness. For this section, discuss properly cited information from two peer reviewed articles. Locate these articles using the Kaplan Library.
