Enhancing Muscular Performance

High performance staff in sport and rehabilitation must be able to design appropriate conditioning programs to enhance the athletic capacity of clientele. This unit will give students exposure to the various methods of specific conditioning and provide a framework for integrating this information into a single program. Students will gain an understanding of the theory and application of conditioning, including key physical capacities to develop, training principles, program progression and possible interference effects of various exercise modalities on each other. Students will develop the ability to critically appraise the conditioning programs used by high performance and rehabilitation staff.