Senior Archives - Aqua Fitness & Land Certification & Education https://www.waterart.org/product-tag/senior/ Products and programs with an extensive video library for fitness leaders - specializing in senior fitnesse to make you the best Instructor you can be! Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:56:49 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.waterart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-waterartcircle-32x32.png Senior Archives - Aqua Fitness & Land Certification & Education https://www.waterart.org/product-tag/senior/ 32 32 Land Functional Personal Trainer Certification https://www.waterart.org/product/land-personal-trainer-certification/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:53:37 +0000 https://www.waterart.org/?post_type=product&p=76575 CTL005 manual, laminated cards,  Videos: V117, V118, V119, V120, V121, V122, V123, V124, V125, V126.

Comprehensive exam (6 months to complete exam process).

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]]> Certified Personal Trainers  are in demand as the need for one on one or small group programming grows since the pandemic.

We all know participation in regular physical activity elicits a number of favorable responses that contributes to a healthy aging process. The adults of today understand the importance of exercise and staying active. Functional  Fitness  is geared towards helping the aging population to maintain activities of daily living and independence as opposed to hard core fitness programs that are often too intense or too much impact for most people  aged 40+  years of age. This aging population has a huge variance in health histories, fitness experience and goals and  need realistic and purposeful personalized fitness programming.  Whether one on one training or a specialized  small group – a qualified personal training is  helpful to keep their clients exercising safely, effectively and enjoyably.

Aging, a complex process,  and is influenced by many variables including genetics, lifestyle factors, work environment, health history and purpose in life. An individualized program can help clients to improve function for activities for daily living,  work on injury prevention, provide  improvement  for their sporting  activities,  add  vitality to travel, as well as maintain and improve general health to age well.

The goal of this program is fourfold.

  1. To help the professional diversify and expand their career opportunities especially if you are working in group exercise or want to add more opportunities for your clients to develop home programs or programs that compliment water exercise or should they not be able to get to their water exercise program.
  2. To help the client receive specific training exercises and tips to individualize their training program. In doing so, this will help to fast track and achieve specific results.
  3. Learn a diverse inventory of land fitness exercises using functional equipment such as fit bands, tubing with handles, fit balls, steps and other cost effective home equipment.
  4. Learn how to teach in person or provide virtual training for your clients

Course materials

SKU: CTL005

Table of Contents & Learning Objectives

Chapter 1 Personal Training -the opportunity to help clients Age Well

  • Aging Well
  • A Time of Opportunity
  • Trainable Components
  • Health Fitness Benefits of Physical Activity
  • Research supports Exercise benefits
  • What does a Personal Trainer need to know
  • What is a Personal Trainer
  • Group Exercise versus Personal Training
  • Components of Fitness to target & train
Chapter 2 Exercise Physiology

  • Definition of Exercise Physiology
  • Energy Systems
  • Muscle Physiology
  • Muscle Action
Chapter 3 Understanding Basic Anatomy & Joint Mechanics.

  • Anatomical terminology
  • Skeleton
  • Joint & Articulations
  • Overview of the Respiratory System
  • The heart
  • Circulatory System
  • CV & Respiratory System
  • Muscle & Joint Action
Chapter 4 Know Your Muscles

  • Muscle Fiber Types & Energy Production
  • CV & Respiratory System
  • Kinesiology
  • Muscle Action
  • Ligaments & Tendons
  • Review of Muscles with sample inventory from head to toe
Chapter 5 Cardiovascular Training Programs

  • Intensity versus Impact
  • Impact versus non impact training
  • Monitor and regulate intensity
  • RPE
Chapter 6 Posture, Balance and Functional Training Program
Chapter 7 Designing Flexibility & Range of Motion Programs
Chapter 8 Reviewing  Client Information

  • Health History & Screening
  • Exercise Readiness Questionnaire
  • Liability Waiver & Release Form
  • Posture check
  • Range of Motion Review (optional)
  • Functional fitness Assessments and exercise suggestions
Chapter 9 EXERCISE INVENTORY

  • Stretching and Strengthening (no equipment)
  • Free Weight Strengthening
  • Step Training Exercises
  • Fit Band Strengthening
  • Tubing with Handles Strengthening
  • Fit Ball Exercises
Chapter 10 The Art of Coaching

  • Different Types of Clients
  • Listening & Communication Skills
  • Non-verbal Communication Techniques
  • Body Language
  • What It Means to Be a Good Coach
  • Principles of a Good Coach
  • Coaching strategies
  • Dress for Success
  • Professionalism
Chapter 11 Case Study

Program Design & Implementation

  • Exercise principles
  • Basic components of personal training session
  • Types of Training: HIT, weight bearing, functional, etc.
  • Standard Equipment-In fitness center
  • Portable Equipment
  • Fitness Accessories
  • Exercise selection
Chapter 12 BUSINESS BASICS

  • Who, What, Where, When & How & How much?
Chapter 13 Developing a Program card

  • Sixty and New to Exerciser
  • Sixty and Regular Exerciser
  • Eighty and New to Exerciser
  • Eight and Regular Exerciser
Chapter 14 Study Guide Questions & Answers, Resources
Chapter 15 Study Questions and Resources

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]]> V109 – Gentle Senior Sit-and-Stand Chair Exercises: No Equipment https://www.waterart.org/product/gentle-senior-fitness-sit-and-stand-chair-exercises/ Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:06:59 +0000 https://www.waterart.org/?post_type=product&p=8628 The old adage “no pain no gain” is turned on its head with this video program. Every exercise is designed to allow each person to work at their personal best, […]

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]]> The old adage “no pain no gain” is turned on its head with this video program.

Every exercise is designed to allow each person to work at their personal best, take a break when needed, and, above all, do their “work-out” without pain. The most important instruction: “Listen to your body, if it hurts don’t do it!”

All exercises are done while seated so they are suitable for anyone with mobility problems or conditions that make it hard to stand for any length of time. All major muscles are targeted with both stretching and strengthening ideas with suggestions for decreasing or increasing intensity. There is no equipment involved in any of these exercises to help every instructor understand that the starting point for all movement is without load.

This is a program to watch many times to help instructors/facilitators with starting point ideas.

This is a gentle and fun start to finish follow- a- long program. A great way to learn flow and add more life to your years through this senior exercise class.

What is a Workout Video is a start to finish follow- a- long program. Learn a template for total body benefits from start to finish. A great way to learn flow and fast track your lesson plan.

39 minutes running time

Learning Objectives

  1. General program goals
  2. Moves for a chair c/v  “combo”
  3. Offering alternate ways to do an exercise

SKU:DVD109

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]]> Senior Land Fitness Instructor Certification https://www.waterart.org/product/senior-land-fitness-certification-program/ Fri, 02 Aug 2019 04:09:17 +0000 https://www.waterart.org/?post_type=product&p=6646 CTL004 Senior Land manual, Q & A, laminated cards, Videos: V069, V074, V109, V110, V138, V145, V217, V248. Theory  & Practical Exam (six  months to complete exam process).

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]]> Our most popular and must have program for those who teach senior  populations. This  comprehensive yet practical approach of facilitating classes for an aging population with a variety of medical conditions reviews safety and efficacy guidelines. The following topics will be reviewed for this specialized populations including: functional and age related problems, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary diseases,  movement disorders,  Arthritis, as well as  ideas for programming with common problems of the back, hips, knees, shoulders, neck and ankle problems. This training will focus on  functional exercise sets for helping the aging population maintain their activities of daily living (ADL’s). Techniques for cardiovascular training, muscular endurance and strengthening, flexibility, balance, posture and gait will be reviewed for progressive of benefiting overall health.  Let’s help 60+ adults to become independent and improve activities of daily living with enjoyable exercise.

SKU:CTL004

Course materials

SKU: CTL004

Table of Contents & Learning Objectives

Chapter 1 Introduction to Teaching Senior Fitness
Chapter 2 Exercise: Benefits and Principles
Chapter 3 Functional Fitness: Assessments and Related Inventory for ADL’s
Chapter 4 Senior Program Design
Chapter 5 Understanding Basic Anatomy & Joint Action
Chapter 6 Target Training Muscles for Strength and Flexibility
Chapter 7 Cardiovascular Target Training
Chapter 8 Target Abdominal, Balance & Gait Training
Chapter 9 Putting an Active Senior Fitness Class Together: Sample Ideas
Chapter 10 Chair Exercise Program & Inventory
Chapter 11 Posture Safety & Better Back Care
Chapter 12 Exercise with Machines
Chapter 13 The Mind-Body Connection:  Relaxation Exercise
Chapter 14 Reaching Special Populations with Common Medical Conditions
Chapter 15 Study Questions and Resources

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