1. Exercise & fitness
instruction
BTEC Level 2 in Sport
Carlos Munoz

2. Warm up Answer the questions
1.Which of the following are the correct aims to warming up?
To raise heart rate
Lower breathing rate
To mobilise the joints
To increase temperature of the body
To move blood away from the muscles
2. Is the following statement about dynamic stretching true or false?
Dynamic stretching is stretching the muscles whilst moving them
3. What is the difference between a maintenance stretch and a developmental stretch?
4. Explain these 4 rules of programme design?
Work muscles in pairs to keep them balanced
Large muscles should be trained first
Do the difficult exercises first
Work the abdominal muscles at the end of the session
5. What are the HEA guidlines for improving health and improving aerobic fitness?

3. Sessions aims
To conduct and assist in instructing an exercise session for selected clients
To demonstrate effective communication with selected clients
To demonstrate competence in monitoring and adapting exercises to suit different client ability levels

4. Research and make notes
Task 2
Observation of an exercise session
Task2.1 You will observe your teacher deliver an exercise session. You will need to take notes that relate to what makes for an effective delivery of an exercise session. Please consider the following:
Before the start of the session
The start of the session
During the session and the roles performed by the instructor
Ending of the session

5. Discuss and draw
Task 2.2. Students are organised into groups of 4, and they must share the information that they gathered from the observation (5 minutes)
Task 2.3. Each group must design a poster on A3 paper that clearly demonstrates how to conduct an exercise session.
Group A: Design a spider diagram
Group B: Design a poster (10 words, pictures, symbols)
Group C: Titles, Subtitiles and Bullet points format
Group D: Revision cards glued onto an A3 sheet

6. Conducting an exercise session

7. Start of a session 1 Pre Session Checks Availability of equipment
Equipment is in good working order
All cables are strong
Floor is clear of equipment cables
Temperature
Ventilation

8. Start of a session 2 Health and safety checks
Do you have any illnesses or injuries
Have you eaten today
Do you have any innapropriate clothing or jewellery
Then explain the following.
Fire exists and fire drill
First aid kit, first aider and nearest telephone
Availability of water
Finally, explain:
The training programme
The process of instruction

9. During a session
The aim of the session is to get the client working for as much as possible in a safe and effective manner. It is important that the client is supported and pushed to work as hard as they can within their limits. The instructor must perform a variety of roles.

10. COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY
The client can understand and respond to your requests
Communication is done verbally and non verbally (i.e. body language)
Listen to your client and asses their level of knowledge before deciding how to deliver your instructions
If a person is new to the gym you should keep things simple and use less technical language
Use more technical language where appropriate

11. GIVE INSTRUCTIONS
An instruction is providing information on how to perform a technique. When providing instructions, say what you want the client to do rather than what not to do. If you use the word “don´t”, for example, “don´t lock your knees” it may increase the chances that they will actually do it

12. DEMONSTRATIONS
The instructor needs to give a demonstration to show the client how to perform the technique. Once a demonstration has been given, the instructor can explain the technique to the client and then let them practise to get the feel of the movement

13. PROVIDE MOTIVATION
The reason most people do not achieve the results they want is because their motivation is too low: they give up when the going gets tough. You will motivate them with what you say, how you say it and by using positive body language. This will push them to work as hard as they can within the limits of their fitness

14. OBSERVE AND CORRECT
The instructor will need to observe and correct the clients technique from a variety of positions by moving around the client. Once they have observed for a short period, feedback should be given about what they are doing right and then what parts need to be corrected

15. RESPOND TO CLIENTS NEEDS
If a client has a problem with an exercise, then the instructor needs to correct it first by explaining and then by redemonstrating the technique. If they are still unable to perform the technique correctly, then the exercise needs to be changed

16. Ending of a session
Once the session has been completed, after the cool down it is a good opportunity to ask the client how they think it went. Also, you can tell them how you thought they did. Once the client has left, you need to put any equipment away and report any damage to equipment and advise of any problems you encountered.

17. Role plays
Task 3
You have been placed into groups of 3. Each student will have a different role. Note the following.
Student A. The Assesor: You have the role of evaluating how good the instructor is at his job and will need to fill in a checklist
Student B. The Exercise Instructor. You have the role of conducting the exercise session for your client
Student C: The Client. You will read your task card and play the role of the client
The session will have a duration of 40 – 45 minutes.

18. Training session review
Task 4
Each student must conduct a Review of the training session from their own perspective.

19. What did the instructor do to assist in instructing an induction, resistance training, cardiovascular training and circuit training?
How did he communicate effectively with his client?
How he monitor and adapt exercises to suit the different needs of my client?

20. What did I assist in instructing an induction, resistance training, cardiovascular training and circuit training?
How did I communicate effectively with my client?
How I monitor and adapt exercises to suit the different needs of my client?

21. What did the instructor do to assist in instructing an induction, resistance training, cardiovascular training and circuit training?
How did he communicate effectively with his client?
How he monitor and adapt exercises to suit the different needs of my client?

22. Key learning points
Before a session starts, you need to check your environment, the client and tell them about the safety procedures
During the session you need to support the client in the following ways
Comminicate effectively
Give instructions
Demonstrate
Provide motivation
Observe and correct
Respond to the clients needs
At the end of the session ask your client for feedback about the session