Essentials of Program Design

Welcome to Essentials of Program Design, where you’ll learn the key principles of needs analysis, assessments, and exercise prescription to create personalized, effective fitness programs for your clients.

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Lesson 1

Essentials of Program Design Intro

Trevor, the presenter, introduces himself, the course outline, what you will learn, what it means to be an educated coach, and how all coaches are scientists.

5m

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Lesson 2

The Comprehensive Assessment & Needs Analysis

Explore what is included in a comprehensive assessment, the 5 components of health-related fitness, and discuss the importance of a proper needs analysis

10m

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Lesson 3

Measuring Muscular Strength

Explore methods and appraoches to measure or predict muscular strength, including Everfits 1RM estimation.

8m

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Lesson 4

FITT - VP Principles of Exercise Prescription

Explore the FITT-VP principle of prescribing exercise. Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type, Volume & Progression.

10m

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Lesson 5

How to Prescribe Rest Time

Explore the importance and impact of rest time and how to prescribe rest based on bioenergetics and work to rest ratios.

4m

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Lesson 6

Ancilliary Topics in Exercise Prescription

Explore ancilliary topics of exercise prescription including; Set Progression, Tempo, Set Types on Everfit, Progressions & Regressions.

15m

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Lesson 7

What is Tempo?

Explore what Tempo is and how to use it effectively.

3m

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Lesson 8

What are Warm-Up Sets, Drop Sets, Failure Sets, Supersets & Giant Sets

Take a deep dive into Warm-Up sets, Drop sets, Failure sets, Supersets & Giant sets and how to program them on Everfit.

7m

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Lesson 9

Exercise Prescription for Conditioning

Explore different training models you can use for conditioning on Everfit including Max Reps, AMRAP Workout Sections, Timed Workout Sections, Interval Workout Sections & EMOM's.

6m