Course Description
Health and Fitness - Running Tips, Swimming and Strength Training
Learn how performing running, swimming and strength training greatly improves health and fitness levels.This free online health and fitness course will teach you how running, swimming and strength training exercises will greatly improve your physical fitness. Problems with sedentary lifestlyes and increasing obesity levels are of major concern to many people. The course shows you how to perform a range of exercises, and provides a range of workout routines for you to practice. Start this free online course today and start improving your health.
The Health and Fitness - Running Tips, Swimming and Strength Training course at Alison is listed in Courses.ie's national courses finder.
| Training Provider | Alison |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Describe the features of suitable running shoes • Discuss suitable running surfaces and which ones to avoid • Explain the importance of warming up and cooling down before and after working out • Summarize effective strategies that help build running distance and speed • List precautions to be taken when running in various environmental conditions • Explain the benefits of swimming for the cardiovascular system • Outline the safety precautions that should be followed when swimming in open water • Discuss a range of swimming workouts that build health and fitness • Summarize techniques that can be used to ensure good swimming form • Explain the effect strength training can have on overall fitness, agility and stamina • Describe the difference between circuit weight training and split-routine training |
| Course Code | 1713 |
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