Seniors Stretch Band Fitness Instructor Course (27 Sept 2025)
Schedule
Sat Sep 27 2025 at 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm
UTC+08:00Location
Lifelong Learning Institute | Singapore, SG
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Course OverviewThis course will increase your fitness awareness and confidence in working with the elderly. At the end of this course, you will be able to provide specialised individual or group training exercise programmes for the elderly across with a spectrum of fitness levels (i.e. inactive elderly to active senior athletes) or with common medical conditions like arthritis and chronic pain.
What you will learn
Effective communication and observation skills will facilitate the elderly in adopting a positive attitude towards improving their overall fitness.
A better understanding of participants’ physical abilities and responses to exercise for a more effective prescription of lesson plans.
Verbal cueing and imagery for participant motivation
Incorporating resistance equipment to support exercises thereby enhancing balance, flexibility, stability and strength
Who should sign-up
This course is suitable for fitness instructors, gym owners, senior coaches and job seekers.
Detailed course coverage:
1. Functional fitness assessment
2. Effects of ageing and the benefits of physical activity for the elderly
3. Class design and exercise techniques
4. Coaching senior athletes which examines the approach and attention needed when working with highly-fit seniors, older competitive athletes, and sports-minded older adults who want to improve their golf and tennis games
5. Effective Management Principles, which outlines teaching, communication, and motivational skills that take into consideration important gerontological factors that you need to fully understand in order to be an effective Seniors fitness trainer.
6. Important risk factor considerations
7. Elderly Programming Guidelines
8. Frequency, Duration, Intensity, Mode, and Progression
9. Exercise Interactions and Implications
10. Cardiovascular Concerns: CAD, Hypertension, TIA, Stroke, Intermittent Claudication
11. Exercise principles for individuals with special conditions (i.e. arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis and more)
12. Balance and Motor Control Deficits
13. Falls prevention
Course Fee:$450
Sign up here - https://forms.gle/YrwNvsLY8tcEiNeK7
For more information, please contact us at 97482043 or [email protected]
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Where is it happening?
Lifelong Learning Institute, Lifelong Learning Institute, 11 Eunos Rd 8, Singapore 408601, SingaporeEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
