Course Description

This course provides students an overview of health, wellness, and fitness components for developing a healthy lifestyle. Topics include nine dimensions of wellness, nutrition, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, weight and stress management, cardiovascular health, body composition, and behavioral change tools for adopting a healthy lifestyle. Students participate in activities consisting of a variety of fitness tests. Students have the opportunity to develop short and long terms goals for cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility, as well as a personalized exercise program that may lead to a healthier lifestyle.