Wellness

 

Dept.

Name/
E-Mail

Extension
Wellness Mike Waters (Department Chair) 623-478-4464
Wellness David Hofman 623-478-4452
Wellness Emily Tonn 623-478-4514
Wellness Fernando Supulveda 623-478-4460
Wellness Jane Jorgenson 623-478-4506
Wellness Jen Landgrebe 623-478-4479
Wellness John Jacobs 623-478-4527
Wellness Lindsey Guiney 623-478-4517
Wellness Michael Gunderson 623-478-4456
Wellness Natalie Quinonez 623-478-4451
Wellness Paula Oxford 623-478-4501

 

Physical Education & Health Course Descriptions

 

Wellness 1-2

    Course Description: Wellness takes an integrated approach to teaching health, and physical education. The focus is on an individual student and their responsibly to manage many aspects of their mental, social, and physical lives. The aim is to inform and equip students with decision-making skills in critical areas of the health and wellness. Students are required to fully participate in sports and activities that improve personal fitness.

 

Systematic Conditioning

    Course Description: This course aims to develop each student's total fitness, including flexibility, cardiovascular efficiency, muscular endurance, and body composition. Cardiovascular training will include walking, jogging, and running activities. Muscular fitness training will utilize calisthenics, plyometrics, free weights and machines. Students will also study the value of different sports and training programs toward weight management and maintenance. Similar to Weight Training 1-2, classroom instruction will emphasize activity, theories, concepts, principals and health issues.

 

Weight Training 1-2

    Course Description: This course is focused on improving each individual's muscular fitness. Students will learn weight training skills, techniques and methods in strength and endurance training. This will involve demonstrating an extensive variety of exercises using calisthenics, free weights and machines. Classroom instruction will concentrate on weight training safety, anatomy muscle physiology training principles and program design.  Students will also pursue an aerobic conditioning program to improve and maintain an adequate level of cardiovascular fitness.

 

Sports Medicine

    Course Description:  This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to sports medicine.  Topics include; roles of the coach, trainer, doctor, athlete and institution in sports including prevention.  Also methods of training to prepare athletes for competition; identification of common sports injuries, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.   

 

 

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