B5695 - IL RUOLO DELL’ATTIVITA' FISICA PER IL BENESSERE

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student:
- have an in-depth knowledge of the different types of training aimed at seeking physical efficiency and health; - will be able to apply methods, tools and equipment for the different types of people who attend a fitness center; - knows the intervention policies on physical exercise for health; - will be able to independently set up a bibliographic search and select the training protocols necessary for that particular case (musical fitness; proprioceptive gymnastics; postural gymnastics; cardiofitness training; etc ..).

Course contents

MODULE 1

• Intervention policies: Difference between a sedentary lifestyle and an active lifestyle; WHO guidelines on physical activity; The Toronto Charter; European projects against the sedentary lifestyle: the role of Erasmus plus sport, characteristics and method of action; National intervention projects on physical exercise; Regional Prevention Plan of Emilia Romagna
  
• From the ethical gym to the safe one: The role of the graduate in physical education; Primary prevention and secondary prevention; The role of adapted physical activity (AFA) on pathology; The role of adapted physical exercise (EFA) on pathology
  
• The Medical Fitness center: The role of the kinesiologist; New development opportunity; New targets and new strategies; Professionalism and quality; Prices and tariffs; The functional gym model, support services, promotion and marketing

MODULE 2

• Fitness center management: The globalization of fitness, historical and cultural transformation of fitness; Fitness for health and fitness for aesthetics; The importance of loyalty; The types of subscription; Quality at the service of the customer / partner: the role of the personal trainer and that of the dining room assistant; The cardio-fitness room; The training room
  
• Fashions and trends in fitness centers: The fundamental components of physical exercise; Analysis of the activities included in the top positions drawn up by the ACSM;
  
• Physical activity outdoors: Concept of green gym; Physical exercise in parks: psychic, social, environmental benefits; Characteristics of the parks: tools, accesses; The effects of the "blue gym"; Outdoor physical activity: types and effects on health
  
• Remote physical activity: Telemonitoring of physical exercise: the set of computer and exercise techniques that make it possible to provide remote services; Virtual reality as a tool for physical exercise and sport; Exergame for health and fitness: the roles of GPS and geosocial apps
  
• Wearable Technologies and their use in fitness: Types of Wearable Technologies and factors that have influenced their growth in recent years.

Readings/Bibliography

• Lessons take place with the help of slides that are made available to students for further information.
• Insights with the help of scientific articles

Teaching methods

• The course corresponds to 40 hours of frontal lessons.

Assessment methods

• The exam will consist of a practical part and a written exam.
• The practical part will done with students subdivided in different groups, a project will be chosen among those proposed by the teacher, developed by the students and presented in class. More information will be given during the lessons.
• The written exam can be carried out only after obtaining the vote of the practice, and will consist of 30 multiple choice questions (+1 correct answer; -0.3 incorrect answer; 0 answer not given) on the topics covered in class. The test time will be 30 minutes.
• The final grade will be the average of the two grades. The student who obtains 30/30 in both tests will have a final grade of 30/30 cum laude.

Teaching tools

• Teaching will take place through lectures, with the help of power point presentations (which will be made available to students).
  
• The teaching material presented in class will be made available to the student in electronic format (virtual.unibo.it).

Office hours

See the website of Alessandro Piras