SISFFIT040 — Develop and instruct gym-based exercise programs for individual clients

Elements & performance criteria

Performance evidence

• develop and document one individually tailored gym-based exercise program for three clients, to collectively include: • a female adult client • a male adult client • a client aged 55 years or over • a client for whom medical guidance has been received
• for each of the above three clients: • develop and document two session plans, each with a minimum duration of 30 minutes • instruct two sessions according to the above session plans, each with a minimum duration of 30 minutes • consistently use client-centred communication and instructional techniques
• across the above six session plans collectively, incorporate the following: • cardiovascular exercises • resistance exercises • flexibility exercises • exercises with and without equipment
• according to actual client interactions or case studies, evaluate the effectiveness of two client programs, modify program and session content and document details of the evaluation and changes made.

Knowledge evidence

• role and scope of established gym procedures that impact fitness instruction
• boundaries and responsibilities of fitness instructors in providing tailored gym-based programs for clients and relationship to duty of care
• differences between gym-based programs where clients largely self-manage their exercise activities, and fully personalised programs involving ongoing one-to-one instruction
• type of client information provided by pre-exercise screening and fitness assessment processes, and implications for exercise programming: • client needs and exercise preferences • client body measurements • client fitness data and indication of suitable exercise intensity
• types of client guidance that may be provided by medical and allied health professionals and implications for exercise programming: • injury management protocols • contraindications and precautions for types of exercise for those with medical conditions and health risk factors • exercise recommendations for client health improvement and collaborative rehabilitation
• factors that affect the design of client-tailored gym-based exercise programs: • physical differences that need to be considered for: • adults of different sexes • older people • antenatal, postnatal, menopausal and post-menopausal women • exercise history and current abilities • desired frequency of gym attendance and other personal exercise activities • client goals
• the meaning of the following components of fitness, and how exercises can target client goals and improvements for each: • health related components: • cardiovascular endurance • muscle strength • muscle endurance • flexibility • body composition • skill related components: • power • speed • agility • coordination • balance • reaction time • proprioception
• different types of exercises, equipment that can be used and safe techniques for their completion: • cardiovascular exercises: • continuous • interval • resistance exercises using: • free weights • gym equipment including weight machines • body weight • flexibility exercises: • dynamic • static
• benefits and impacts on the body of different types of exercises and specific injury prevention strategies
• how different types of exercises can be combined and sequenced for safety and optimum effectiveness
• overview of the following exercise science principles and how they are used to design gym-based exercise programs and sessions for individuals: • adaptation • overload • specificity • individualisation • progression and regression • reversibility
• how the FITT (frequency, intensity, time and type) principle is used to structure exercise programs and sessions
• established phases of exercise sessions, their underpinning rationale and timing for each within designated time of session: • warm up • main workout • cool down and stretches
• components of exercise sessions, and how they can be used effectively to target client goals: • exercise order • volume and intensity and load of exercises • repetitions and sets • repetition tempo • rest intervals
• training techniques that can be used by clients in self-directed gym sessions, how they can be used, and considerations for their use: • supersets • drop sets • pre-fatigue techniques • plyometric training • interval training including high intensity interval training (HIIT) • circuit training
• instructional techniques used with individual clients and how they impact effectiveness of instruction and client execution of exercises: • providing clear information about exercises and instructions about technique • combining explanation and demonstration of correct exercise technique • cueing and how to adapt instruction to suit different learning styles: • verbal • visual • tactile • kinaesthetic
• communication techniques used for the following and how these may vary depending on individual client characteristics: • establishing and maintaining individual rapport • motivating individuals for optimum performance • providing constructive feedback and positive reinforcement
• ways of supporting clients managing their own exercise sessions in a gym environment: • recognising when clients could progress volume, intensity and loads and making suggestions • correcting technique • offering opportunities for formal program evaluation and modification
• methods used to evaluate gym-based exercise programs: • periodic informal discussions with client and targeted questions to elicit opinion about achievement of goals, fitness improvement, changes to health, general wellbeing and skills • periodic observation and measurement of client performance, and health and skill improvements
• format and inclusions of documented: • client based exercise programs • client based exercise session plans • client profile and client evaluation records.

Foundation skills

• Reading skills to:: interpret sometimes unfamiliar information of varying complexity in client pre-exercise screening and medical guidance records, including health and fitness terminology and abbreviations.
• Writing skills to:: present client-based information using plain language and minimal technical terminology for ease of understanding; use fundamental sentence structure to complete program templates and client records that require factual and subjective information.
• Oral communication skills to:: ask open and closed probe questions and actively listen to elicit information from clients and to determine client understanding of information provided; provide fitness and exercise information to clients using plain language and terms easily understood.
• Numeracy skills to:: complete and record calculations and estimations of varying complexity for program and session plans involving times, frequency, intervals, volume, speeds and loads.
• Initiative and enterprise skills to:: critically evaluate: all client requirements for appropriate program design; successes and failures of programs to initiate improvements.

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