Everyone who can exercise should exercise. Fitness professionals and health care professionals can play a crucial role in getting people to exercise. People need to understand what exercises they should do to maintain a maximum level of fitness throughout their lives. Fitness professionals need to set an exercise example and be able to adapt exercise pro- grams for people with special needs.
When you complete this course, you’ll be able to:
- Explain why it’s important for people to exercise
- Suggest how healthcare professionals and fitness professionals can partner to encourage clients to adopt lifelong regular exercise habits
- Supply information about the benefits of lifelong exercise
- Provide guidelines for exercise for people with diabetes
- Provide guidelines for exercise for people with asthma
- Describe an exercise program for pregnant women, including appropriate and inappropriate movements
- Suggest exercise parameters for older adults and children
- List typical exercise limitations for people with lower- back pain
- Detail the types of medical conditions that prohibit exercise
