SISFFIT041 — Develop personalised exercise programs

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What an assessment for SISFFIT041 must cover

43 assessable components: 3 elements (18 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 16 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Identify client needs.

1.1Review outcomes of client pre-exercise screening and fitness assessment and identify significant information for program design.
1.2Identify implications of medical guidance for exercise programming and duty of care to follow.
1.3Discuss exercise preferences and consult with client to identify, negotiate and confirm their short- and long-term fitness goals to inform program design.
1.4Build client trust and rapport using client-centred communication showing sensitivity and empathy during interactions.
1.5Develop and document client profile to assist with programming and ongoing evaluation.

2 Plan personalised exercise program.

2.1Review client’s exercise preferences, goals, current abilities and medical advice to determine types of exercises and equipment for program.
2.2Determine appropriate training volume and frequency of sessions required to achieve client goals.
2.3Design a systematically structured program that incorporates the effective use of exercise training principles.
2.4Design overall program aligned to client’s short- and long-term goals to allow progression towards fitness improvements.
2.5Plan for increased difficulty of exercise types to progress client throughout the program.
2.6Document exercise program according to organisational format.

3 Plan personalised exercise sessions.

3.1Determine objectives of individual sessions to allow progression of client fitness within overall exercise program.
3.2Select exercises, training techniques and exercise equipment that target components of client’s health and fitness goals.
3.3Plan sessions that incorporate volume and intensity and load of exercises appropriate to client’s age, sex and existing fitness capabilities.
3.4Plan for exercise phases and volume within client’s preferred session duration.
3.5Develop sequenced and varied sessions to enhance client motivation and program adherence and to allow for recovery from specific exercise types.
3.6Incorporate at timely intervals progressive difficulty of exercises that respond to client’s progression.
3.7Document session plans according to organisational format.

Performance evidence

develop and document one personalised exercise program for three clients, to collectively include: - a female adult client - a male adult client - a client for whom medical guidance has been received
consistently use client-centred communication to identify each of the above client’s program needs and preferences
for each of the above three clients, develop and document four personalised session plans, each with a minimum duration of 45 minutes
across the above 12 sessions collectively, incorporate both indoor and outdoor sessions and the following types of exercises: - cardiovascular - resistance - flexibility - low and high impact - exercises that target the: - health related components of fitness - skill related components of fitness - exercises with and without equipment

Knowledge evidence

boundaries and responsibilities of fitness instructors in providing personalised exercise prescription and relationship to duty of care
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 composition data - 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 personalised 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 training sessions - client goals
client-centred communication techniques for establishing and building trust and rapport, and how they may vary depending on individual client characteristics
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 high and low impact exercises and equipment that can be used: - 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
how to effectively apply and combine exercise science principles to the design of personalised exercise programs and sessions to target client goals
how the FITT (frequency, intensity, time and type) principle is used to structure exercise programs and sessions
the principle of recovery, its importance and how this relates to different types of exercise for: - cardiovascular endurance training - muscle strength and endurance training - neuromuscular coordination training - flexibility training
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 in personalised exercise 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 - fartlek
format and inclusions of documented: - exercise programs - exercise session plans - client profile and client evaluation records

Foundation skills

Reading skills: 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: • produce detailed program and session plans that use fitness terminology and abbreviations for instructional use • use fundamental sentence structure to complete forms, and client records that require factual and subjective information.
Oral communication skills: • 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: 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: critically evaluate all client requirements for appropriate program design.

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