PART 1 PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PARTICIPATORY
PERSPECTIVES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Area of study 1: Monitoring and promotion of
physical activity
1 Physical Activity Guidelines: How New Zealand
and Australia are doing it.
2 Taking Action: Strategies for promoting physical
activity
3 Promoting Physical Activity: settings-based
approaches
Area of study 2: Physiological requirements of
physical activity
4 Foods, fuels and energy systems
5 Oxygen uptake, oxygen debt and oxygen deficit
6 Muscular fatigue mechanisms
PART 2 ENHANCING PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE
Area of Study 1: Enhancing Fitness Through Training
7 Fitness definitions and components
8 Data collection and activity analysis
9 Assessment of fitness
10 Fitness training principles and methods
Area of study 2: Strategies for enhancing sports
performance
11 Training adaptations
12 Managing a training load and sports injury risk
management systems
13 Performance enhancement from a psychological
perspective
14 Performance enhancement: nutrition, diet and
other considerations.
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