Endurance Prescription

Question 1

What is Exercise Prescription

General Steps to Prescribing

Answer 1

What is Exercise Prescription
* Creating an exercise plan for a specific individual
* Everyone needs different stimulus
* Optimizing training
* Help to reach athletes goals

General Steps to Prescribing
* Baseline info (Par-Q+)
* General tests
* Analyze data from tests
* goals of participant or health care provider
* Design program – based on individual needs
* Follow up tests

Question 2

Program Progression Stages

Answer 2

Program Progression Stages
* Initial conditioning
* Improvement
* Maintaining
* (Peaking)

Question 3

Considerations During Endurance Prescription

Modifiable Components in prescription

Other Considerations

Answer 3

Considerations
* Previous experience
o Trained vs untrained
* Ability to progress
* Time commitment
* Goals

Modifiable Components (FITT)
* Frequency
o How often
* Intensity
o How hard
* Time
o duration
* Type
o Mode of exercise

Other Considerations
* Illness
* disability
* Elderly
* Youth

Question 4

Periodization
blocks, and three phases, rest

Answer 4

Periodization
* Specific training blocks
o Base phase
o Training phase
o Competition phase
o Off season

Question 4

Different Types of Training Stimuli
different intensities and training styles

Answer 4

Different Types of Training Stimuli
* HIIT
* Continuous
o Low intensity movement
o Moderate intensity
o vigorous

Question 5

Technology/Equipment that can be used to help this

Answer 5

Technology/Equipment
* Watches
* Footwear
* Skis
* bikes
* Online coaching

Question 6

Creating a plan
* 4 different plans for same sport

Answer 6

Creating a plan
* 4 different plans for same sport
* Youth athlete (age 7-12)
* High school athlete (age 15-18)
* Dinos athlete (University)
* Professional athlete

Question 7

Level of athlete. 4 levels

Needs of Athlete for each level

Quantity for each level

Frequency and intensity

Answer 7

• Youth athlete
• beginner. Fun. 1-3 times a week
• High school athlete
• Beginner to moderate. Fun and learn to train. 2-4 times/week
• Dinos athlete
• High level. Fun and train at your best. 5-8 times/week
• Professional athlete
• High level. Train with goals in mind. 6-9 times/week.

Frequency and intensity:
Low. Medium. high, very high. lower levels should have time for other stuff.
and higher intensity more advanced you get

Question 8

FITT score for each level.

Answer 8