• Fitness Concepts & Training Principles
    • Muscular strength vs. muscular endurance
    • Muscle size vs. muscle definition
    • Hypertrophy vs. Atrophy
    • Specificity of Training Principle vs. Overload Principle
    • Plyometric vs. Ballistic Training
    • Cardiorespiratory (metabolic) Endurance vs. Muscular Endurance
    • Concentric vs. Eccentric Contraction
    • Isometric vs. Isotonic
    • Dynamic Constant External Resistance (DCER) vs. Dynamic Variable External Resistance (DVER)
    • Functional vs. Standard or Traditional Training
    • Flexibility vs. Stretching
    • Calisthenics vs. Aerobics
    • The F.I.T.T. Principle
    • The Specificity of Training Principle (also known as the S.A.I.D., specific adaptation to imposed demand)
    • The Progressive Adaptation (Overload) Principle
      • Ceiling Effect or Law of Diminishing Returns
  • The Beginner and…
    • Mitochondrial “Re-Education”
    • Eating
    • Intensity
    • The Nervous Sytem
  • Safety
    • Eating Before Activity
  • 5 Components of General Fitness
    • Cardiorespiratory Conditioning
      • Developing the Aerobic Phase
        • Type of Activity
        • Intensity
        • Duration
        • Frequency of Conditioning
        • Rate of Progression
      • Progression and the Aerobic Phase
        • Initial Conditioning Stage
        • Improvement Conditioning Stage
        • Maintenance Conditioning Stage
    • Muscular Endurance
      • Improving Muscular Endurance
    • Muscular Strength
      • Static Strength
      • Dynamic Strength
      • Increasing Strength
    • Flexibility
      • Increasing Flexibility
    • Body Composition
      • Women – fat should not exceed 25% of body weight
      • Men – fat should not exceed 18% of body weight
  • The General Fitness Exercise Program
  • Stretching
    • Anterior Pelvic Tilt
    • Posterior Pelvic Tilt
    • Neutral Spine
    • Stretching Principles and Types
      • The Stretch Reflex
      • Golgi Tendon Organ
      • Stretch Receptors
      • Autogenic Inhibition
      • Reciprocal Inhibition
    • Static Stretching
    • Passive Stretching
    • Active Stretching
    • Dynamic Stretching
    • Ballistic Stretching
    • Facilitated Stretching
      • Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) Stretching
    • Cramps
    • Fasciculations
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