Strength & Conditioning Program for the Elderly

Final Project Instructions After completing the 5 assignments, you must select a population and write an outline for a strength and conditioning program (your program must be at least 12 weeks). Once approved by the professor, students will design the specific training program. The training program requirements are below. Training Program Requirements The following should be included in your scientific rationale for your program: Introduction Identify the need for creating a program, why are you writing this program? You may identify your population here Purpose What is the overall purpose of the entire program? State your population Movement analysis Just like your biomechanical assessment lab What movements are associated with your population? Physiological analysis What are the energy requirements of your population? Be specific to positions if your population is a team sport Nutrition Factors Briefly address caloric demands Talk about nutrient timing Identify any special needs Injury analysis Identify the major and minor injuries associated with your population Special concerns Does your population have special needs (hypertension, diabetes, orthopedic etc.) Training status Define the training level of your population (Need to Make Some Assumptions) How many years have they trained? High school, college division, pro, 50 year-old non-athlete, etc. Physical testing and evaluation What aspects will be evaluated? Primary resistance training goal What is the goal of your strength training program? Test selection and administration What tests will be used to evaluate your population and why? Be specific Program design Stick with training goal and include Specificity Overload Progression Etc. Warm-up and stretching Identify the warm-up and stretching you will be utilizing for your population, be specific. Agility What type (if any) of agility training will be utilized and why? Plyometrics What type (if any) of plyometric training will be utilized and why? Resistance training program Briefly describe your strength training program. The meat of this should be in a table or chart and should include: Exercise selection Choice, frequency, order Load Volume Intensity Rest periods Identify variations Stamina/bioenergetics Refer back to your Physiological analysis What will you do to train all the energy systems? What energy systems are needed the most? Program application Describe how your program should be followed Be very detailed here, this should explain all your charts and or tables Discussion Why did you create this program? Follow up from introduction Justify (using science and research) your reasoning for doing what you’re doing This should include the majority of your references Conclusion What does your program do for this population? Why is your program better than any other program? Make a powerful and concise conclusion YOUR PROGRAM MUST BE AT LEAST 12 WEEKS Be sure that you can scientifically defend your program using the book and other supporting literature. In your scientific rationale, think if you were trying to sell your program to a coach, player, individual, or a potential employer, as THE BEST PROGRAM for your population. Supporting literature for the training program should be from primary sources and your book; typically websites and magazine articles are not acceptable references. However, if the website is reputable and is the only location for the information, then websites are appropriate. Additionally, if a website is cited to support “someone’s position” on a topic this is also appropriate. For instance, if the USDA.gov published a statement on creatine then this website is acceptable, but if Joe Smith from hugebody.com (does not exist) publishes a statement on creatine, this is not acceptable. However, if you want to say something like “many illinformed people think that creatine causes kidney failure in healthy adults” and then cite Joe Smith from hugebody.com, this would also be appropriate. If you are unclear whether you can use a reference you should contact your professor. Students must use proper American Psychological Association (APA) format for citations in text (including direct quotes) and provide an APA formatted reference list.