Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

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

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

1. Adapt water exercises to improve overall lifetime physical fitness.

2. Continue to develop challenging adapted water activities to further improve cardio-respiratory fitness, muscular fitness and flexibility.

3. Access and assess community group and individual water exercise programs appropriate for various injuries or disabilities.

4. Design an aquatic exercise program for three or more components of fitness (cardio-respiratory conditioning, muscular 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 two components off tness (cardio-respiratory conditioning, muscle strength and endurance, flexibility,and body composition.)
• Maintenance of pre-post testing and exercise records.
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• Experience the relationship of the mind, body and spirit.