NAFC history

Question 1

Purpose of NAFC

Answer 1

Provide scientifically based education and training for
Group fitness instructors
Personal trainers
Wellness consultants

Question 2

NAFC was founded by forward thinking individuals representing expertise in the field of:

Answer 2

Exercise physiology
Adaptive physical education
Medicine and nursing
Professional coaching
Students must pass physical and written examination to demonstrate they can apply what they know

Question 3

NAFC Was created…

Answer 3

NAFC was born out of a training system happening at a gym. It was a one on one training system. It was being lead by someone in another training company, who passed away. This person’s family asked Mike Leboss (our executive director) to continue the program. He declined because he wanted to do it based in kinesiology and dynamic movement working along leaders in the field.

Question 4

NAFC instructors

Answer 4

are part of a wave of dynamic, fun, engaging safe instructors. That use current research and trends to create classes that are
Effective, stimulating, safe innovative and fun

Question 5

Levers

Answer 5

In the fitness industry we primarily use third class levers. Weight is on one end, fulcrum on the other. Talk about the appendicular skeleton being made up of levers that get heavier as they are farther away from the body. Also talk about the anatomy course that NAFC has and how it includes the app with a lot of tools to learn and understand the movement and muscles.

Question 6

Karvonen formula

Answer 6

Target Heart Rate = ((max HR − resting HR) × %Intensity) + resting HR example: lisa is 25 yrs old
Max HR= 220 - 25 = 195
Rhr was determined to be 65
(195-65)x.60+65=143
For lisa to work at 60% or her aerobic capacity, her heart rate should be 143 Bpm.

Question 7

What year was NAFC created

Answer 7

1992