Course Details
What exercise can I do to prevent injury? How many times do I have to do it? I love canine fitness, but why is it SO complicated? Why can't someone just give me 5 exercises to do for the rest of my dog's life?
Every day I hear these questions, and the answer it, it's not that simple. Fitness is complicated and very individual, but this class will make it a little bit easier!
In this concept class, you will learn about exercise principles like Overload and SAID and how to apply them. You will learn how to set appropriate fitness goals and how to progress (or regress) exercises.
We will discuss different types of workouts such as strength training, yoga-like training, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), and how to fit it all in your busy schedule.
By the end of the class you will have a good understanding of how to design a workout for your dog and schedule you year around your competition schedule.
Attention: This class will NOT teach specific exercises or workouts. It is best that you already have some knowledge of canine fitness exercises for your dog to get the most out of this class.
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Syllabus
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- list 5 reasons physical fitness is important to overall health
- schedule your dog's workouts around your competition schedule
- create multiple work outs that include warm ups and cool downs
- understand how you should change your dog's exercise volume throughout the year
Week 1:
What is fitness?
Setting SMART Goals. Use a specific exercise to create a SMART goal for the week.
By the end of this week, you will be able to:
- define fitness
- recall the 5 words that make up the SMART acronym
- identify SMART goals
- give an example of a SMART goal for your dog's fitness
Week 2:
Basic Exercises Physiology: Planes of Movement, Exercise Types, General Adaptation Principle
Create Warm Ups and Cool Downs
By the end of this week, you will be able to:
- list the planes of movement
- give/ show an example of an exercise in each plane of movement
- list the 4 exercise types covered in the class
- recognize the General Adaptation Principle
- create a warm up and cool down for a specific work out assigned to you
Week 3:
More Exercise Physiology: Overload, SAID, Reversal
Learn to understand and recognize fatigue
By the end of this week, you will be able to:
- list the 4 basic principles of exercise physiology
- recognize when an exercise physiology principle is at play in a workout schedule
- list 5 signs of fatigue and then show 2 signs of fatigue in your own dog
Week 4:
Neuroplasticity
Defining Workout Types
Change an exercise to develop neuroplasticity
By the end of this week, you will be able to:
- define neuroplasticity
- give an example (with explination) of each workout type
- use an example exercise to develop neuroplasticity
- start planning your year by scheduling your competitions and days off
Week 5:
Variables
Understand Exercise Volume in relationship to your competition schedule
Create a strength workout, a yoga-like workout, and a HIIT workout
By the end of this week, you will be able to:
- list all the exercise variables and define them.
- define intensity
- recognize the appropriate amount of exercise volume in relationship to your competition schedule
- create 3 different workouts: strength, yoga-like, and HIIT; demonstrate at least one exercise from each workout
Week 6:
Putting It All Together
Create a Sport Specific Workout
Outline your Fitness Calendar for the Year
By the end of this week, you will be able to:
- recognize exercises that relate specifically to your sport
- list/ show 3 exercises that have significant cross-over to your sport
- recognize the type of exercise required to prevent injury and improve performance
- create a sport specific workout
- add workout volume and frequency to your year calendar
Prerequisites and Equipment
A healthy dog with no physical limitations.
Knowledge of 5 or more exercises for your dog.
No specific fitness equipment is required. Fitness equipment can be used in the class.
Testimonials
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This is a new course for 2020
Registration
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Registration opens at 10:00am Pacific Time.
CC490 Subscriptions
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| Tuition | $ 260.00 | $ 130.00 | $ 65.00 |
| Enrollment Limits | 10 | 25 | Unlimited |
| Access all course lectures and materials | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Access to discussion and homework forums | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Read all posted questions and answers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Watch all posted videos | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Post general questions to Discussion forum | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ |
| Submit written assignments | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
| Post dog specific questions | ✔ | With video only | ✖ |
| Post videos | ✔ | Up to 2 | ✖ |
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