Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Appropriate swim clothing is required along with aquatic shoes. Students may be asked to providecommunication from physicians or other medical professionals who might assist with planning anappropriate exercise program.

Upon successful completion students should be able to:1. Adapt exercises learned in water to improve overall physical fitness throughout their lifetime.2. Continue to develop their own adapted water activities including cardiorespiratory fitness,muscle fitness and flexibility.3. Assess and access community group and individual water exercise programs appropriate fortheir various injuries or disabilities.4. Design own program for at least one component of fitness (cardiorespiratory conditioning,muscle strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition.)

Swim classes are conducted with small groups of students. Exercise routines will vary betweenindividual exercises, with another student or with the entire class.

• Individualized pre- and post testing with record keeping
• Exercise records and logs

• Aquatic warm-up and cool-down routines
• Appropriate water exercises to promote cardiovascular fitness.
• Appropriate water exercises to promote muscular strength and endurance.? Appropriate water exercises to promote flexibility.
• Participation in individualized rehabilitation exercises.
• Demonstration of safe progressions in the water.
• Demonstration of ability to design own workout program in at least one component of fitness (cardiorespiratory conditioning, muscle strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition.)
• Maintenance of pre-post testing and exercise records.
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