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Optimising Sporting Performance from Adolescence to Elderly

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Australian Fitness Network

Optimising Sporting Performance from Adolescence to Elderly

ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Older Adults FITREC LEVEL B Special Populations

Optimising sporting performance from adolescence to elderly is targeted towards Fitness Professionals (encompassing Gym Instructors and Personal Trainers) who want to learn to design programs for clients of specific populations. The information covered in the course will help Fitness Professionals minimise the injury and maximise the performance of their clients.

Learning outcomes:

  • The principal of individual differences when training a special population
  • Resistance training with adolescence and effects on the growth plates
  • Training protocols for adolescent resistance training
  • Long-term athlete development (LTAD)
  • Aging and loss of muscle mass ‘sarcopenia’
  • Methods & guidelines for resistance training for the elderly
  • Resistance training for athletes including needs analysis, planning & periodization, overtraining, testing & programming


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