NWCCD 2020-21 Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
NWCCD 2020-21 Catalog [This is an Archived Catalog.]

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PEAC 1273 - Weight Training


This course is designed to give students an opportunity to enhance their personal wellness through the participation in moderate to vigorous physical activity. Students are introduced to a variety of exercises intended to increase muscular strength and endurance. Activities related to this course vary from semester to semester.

Credits: 1

Instructional Method Lab

Comments: S/U grading

Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of PEAC 1273 Weight Training, the student will:

  1. Assess the role of exercise in health related fitness.
  2. Improve and/or enhance specific health-related fitness components.
  3. Identify personal fitness goals.
  4. Demonstrate correct lifting technique.
  5. Apply basic principles of resistance training.
  6. Demonstrate proper exercise sequence.
  7. Employ various measurements and evaluation procedures to assess weight training progress.
  8. Calculate percentages of one-repetition maximums as it pertains to strength, hypertrophy, and muscular endurance. 




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