Course Overview
This course provides current instructors and coaches with an upskill in training elderly clients. Elderly clients often present with different medical conditions or physical limitations, hence it is essential to be equipped with the right knowledge and skills to be able to handle their exercise regime and provide them a better quality of life.
This course will equip the participants with the skill to build a proactive and adaptive approach towards elderly clients and better enabling their lives through staying fit and healthy.
The course will cover 30% theory and 70% practical content, with emphasis on the exercise portion, alongside the progression/regression and safety aspects.
Learning Outcome
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- To identify the structural and physiological changes that comes with the age group
- To be able to understand common medical conditions common with the age group
- To utilize the current exercise requirements to structure workout program
- To be able to carry out, progress and regress exercises appropriately