Overview

This unit examines the mechanical and physiological mechanisms associated with muscular strength, power and endurance. Students will become proficient at the safe assessment and instruction of these components of fitness through a practically focused unit for the improvement of health and sports performance across the lifespan.

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Date Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Conduct appropriate pre-assessment procedures including explaining the test, obtaining informed consent, medical history, and performing a pre-exercise risk assessment appropriate to resistance exercise
  • Demonstrate proficiency in safely instructing and providing feedback in a range of exercises to develop muscular strength, power and endurance and explain the underlying mechanisms responsible for the muscular changes
  • Use pre-exercise assessment data to inform the development of an appropriate resistance exercise program tailored to the specific needs of the individual across the lifespan to develop health, fitness or performance benefits in apparently healthy individuals
  • Analyse movement during prescribed exercises and identify which muscles are active in producing and controlling movement of a particular joint

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Activity Type Activity Total Hours Number of Weeks Hours Per Week
Online Lecture 12 12 weeks 1
On-campus Class 36 12 weeks 3
Specified Activities Various 48 12 weeks 4
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning 54 12 weeks 4.5
Total Hours: 150 Total Hours (per week): 12.5

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentIndividual 70% 1,2,4 
AssignmentIndividual 30% 3,4 

Content

  • Scientific principles of strength and conditioning
  • Application of functional anatomy and movement analysis to resistance exercise
  • Assessment and interpretation of muscular strength testing
  • Muscular strength, muscular power, muscular endurance
  • Single and multi-joint resistance training exercise
  • Design of resistance training programs for performance and health across the lifespan
  • Legal, ethical and safety codes
  • Graduate Attribute 1 (Communication 1 - Verbal Communication)
  • Graduate Attribute 2 (Communication 2 - Communicating using different media)
  • Graduate Attribute 5 (Digital Literacies 1 - Information literacy)
  • Graduate Attribute 6 (Digital Literacies 2 - Technical literacy)

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.