couses.ie logo

Health and Fitness - Running Tips, Swimming and Strength Training

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

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.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID195375
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike 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 PathWhat 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 Code1713

Other Courses Offered by "Alison"

CPR, AED and First Aid

Enrol with Alison today! This free online certificate course teaches you how to use CPR, AED, and first aid to save lives.

1.5-3 hours

Diploma in Nursing and Patient Care

Enrol with Alison today! Learn how to give good care to the elderly with the nursing procedures and practices in this free online nursing course.

10-15 hours

Diploma in Human Resources (HR)

Enrol with Alison today! Learn the important functions and practices of human resource professionals in this free online diploma course.

10-15 hours

HACCP Food Safety System for Restaurants and Other Catering Services

Enrol with Alison today! In this free online course, learn how to implement the HACCP Food Safety System in your catering establishment.

3-4 hours
Courses.ie © 2026
© Jazbury Ltd T/A Courses.ie. Reg in Ireland No 293988. All Rights Reserved.
Proudly designed by Wikid
home