UNIVERSITY OF PUNE CERTIFICATE COURSE IN GYM INSTRUCTOR COURSE

1. Title of the course
CERTIFICATE COURSE IN GYM INSTRUCTOR COURSE
2. Objectives:
i) To enable student to understand the need and Importance of Fitness
Center.
ii) To acquaint the student with the Fitness programme
iii) To enable students to understand the effect of Exercise on the body.
iv) To enable students to understand human posture.
v) To acquaint the students to give proper instructions of Gym training.
3. Salient Features:
This program is designed as per the scientific principles of fitness. This program will
provide the knowledge about the Methodology and Management of fitness training in
short period of six weeks. This program will help to develop the trained man power in
the field of Fitness training.
4. Duration:
The duration of the course shall be six weeks. (Contact Hours 130 Hours)
5. Medium of instruction:
English and/or Marathi
6. Eligibility of Admission.
XII passed.

Structure of the Course
This course is consists of Three part. Description of these parts is as follows
Part Head Content Marks
I  Theory
1 Principles of Fitness Training 20
2 Sports Medicine 20
3 Anatomy & Physiology 20
4 Biomechanics and Kinesiology 20
5 Management of Fitness Center & Fitness Evaluation 20
Total Part I 100
II  Practical
6 Weight training Exercises for Chest 20
7 Weight training Exercises for Back 20
8 Weight training Exercises for Shoulder & Arms 20
9 Weight training Exercises for Legs 20
10 Assignment, Project work & Visits 20
Total Part II 100
Total course 200
a) Theory Part : 100 Marks

Head I: Principles of Fitness Training:
I) Concept of Health related Physical fitness:

i) Cardio vascular endurance
· Aerobic & Anaerobic Capacity
· Methods of developing Cardio vascular endurance

ii) Muscular Strength
· Type of Strength
· Methods of Improving Strength

iii) Muscular endurance
· Meaning of Muscular endurance

iv) Flexibility
· Meaning of Flexibility
· Importance of Flexibility
· Development & Maintenance of Flexibility

v) Body composition (% Fat)
· Body Mass Index (BMI) Assessment of body composition
· Controlling % Fat
vi) Principles of Fitness training (FITT)

II) Load Adaptation- Recovery:
· Factors of load
· Load & adaptation
· Over load
· Recovery

III) Scheduling (Short term & long term training)
· Micro Cycle
· Meso Cycle
· Macro Cycle
· Total Load & Recovery
· Total sets & Repetitions
· Total exercises

IV) Training Methods:
· Circuit Training Method
· Station Training Method
· Plyometric Training Method


V) Terminology of Wt. Training:
· Reps
· Sets
· Load
· Cheating

Unit II: Sports Medicine:
I) Nutrition:
· Food content
· Basic principles
· Balance diet
· Calories & diet
· Exercise & diet
· Supplement

II) Injury:
· Preventive Measures
- Proper Warm Up
- Clothing
- Correct Technique
- Sequence of exercise
- Loading procedure
- Recovery
- Breathing
- Fatigue
- Safety equipment
· Types of Injury
- Traumatic
- Chronic
· First Aid
- PRICE

Unit III: Fitness Evaluation:

I) Fitness Test:
- 1 Repitition Max
- 12 Min. Run or Walk Test
- 1 Min. Push Ups
- 1 Min. Bent knee sit ups
- Sit & Rich
- Fat measurement/BMI

Unit IV: Anatomy and Physiology:

I) Anatomy:
· Skeletal System
- Types of bone
- Types of Joint
- Classification of Joint
- Anatomy of Joint
· Muscular Systems
- Introduction of Muscles
- Structure of Muscles
- Types of Muscles contraction
- Different muscles in body
- Insertion of Muscle
- Slow twitch muscle fibers
- Fast twitch muscle fibers

2) Physiology:
· Effect of exercise on different systems

a) Skeletomuscular system :
- Function of Bone, Joints & muscles
- Myoglobin
- ATP-PC
- Hypertrophy

b) Circulatory systems:
- Athletes Heart
- Supply of blood to the organs
- Blood pressure (systolic/ Diastolic)

c) Respiratory system:
- Intake
- Uptake
- VO2 Max
- Tidal Volume
- Lung capacity
- Respiratory rate

d) Digestive system:

3) Physiological Principles:

· Muscular contraction
- Static
- Dynamic
- Concentric
- Eccentric
· Sliding filament theory
· Warming up – fatigue
- Principles of warming up & cooling down
- Fatigue oxygen debt.
- Performance factors

Unit V: Biomechanics & Kinesiology:

· Biomechanics
- Analysis of Fundamental Movements
- Principles of lever/leverage
· Kinesiology
- Meaning
- Types of movement
- Plane & axial movement
- Muscular analysis

Unit VI: Concept of Fitness Center

a) Introduction of gymnasium:
- Introduction to the gym equipments
- Types of Gym & gym equipments
- Placement of gym equipments

b) Philosophy:
- Characteristics of Gym Instructor
- Need & scope of Gymnasium

Part: II Practical: 100 Marks

1. Warm up – Cool down:
General exercise
Stretching exercise

2. Weight training Exercise for:
· Arms
· Shoulder
· Chest
· Back
· Lower Back
· Abs
· Legs

3. Basic Concept:
· Sets
· Repetition
· Rest/Recovery
· Breathing
· Heart rate
· Range of Motion
· Cheating

4. Prime movers:
· Assisting
· Antagonist
· Agonist
· Synergies

5. Various training methods of Wt Training :
· Super sets
· Tri sets
· Giant set

8· Circuit Training

6. Training Programme:
· Basic
· Intermediate
· Advance
· Wt. Loss
· Wt. gain

7. Evaluation
· Body Measurement
· Fitness testing and evaluation

7. Assignment, Project work & Visit
· Assignment: Student should submit a total of 5 tutorials i.e. 1 tutorial each
for 5 Units of theory part under examination conditions. Total 25 marks will be
considered for this head.
· Project work & Visit: In this part student visits the one gym. Study the
facilities & processes of that gym and submit the report of the visit. Total 25
marks will be considered for this head.
Pattern of Examination
01) Scheme of Assessment :
Assessment will be done in two parts. In theory part, there will be 100 Marks multiple
choice Objective Questions which will be based on the theory part of the syllabus. There
will be 100 marks practical.
02) Structure of Theory Question Paper :
Objective Multiple Choice only.
03) Standard of Passing & Award of Class :
A Candidate will have to obtain minimum 60 % of marks in theory paper and
60 % of marks in practical.
Grade - O - 90-95
A+ - 85-89
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A - 80-84
B+ - 75-79
B - 70-74
C+ - 65-69
C - 60-64
7. List of Books recommended :
S.N.                                Name of Book                                                           Name of the Author
1                    Athletic Training and Sport Medicine                                    Robert C. Schenck
2                    Basic Weight Training for Men andWomen                          Thomas D. Fahey
3                    Concepts of Athletic Training                                                  Pfeiffierl Mangus
4                    Essential of Exercise Psychology                                            Lorry G. Shaver
5                    Exercise Physiology                                                                  George, Thomas
6                    Exercise Physiology                                                                  Fox Falls
7                    Inside the Body                                                                          Anita Ganeri
8                    Introduction to human Nutrition                                        Gibney, Varster and Kok
9                    Methods Measurement & Evaluation in
                      Physical Education                                                                    Satish Sonkar
10                  New Allis of Human Anatomy
11                  Nutrition and Diet Therapy                                                     Lutz and Przytulshi
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13                  Prentice Therapeutic Modalities in                                         William E. Prentice
                      Sports Medicine
14                  Science of Sports Training Hardayal Sing
15                  Sport Training Principles Frank W.Dick
16                  Sports Exercise
17                  Sports Medicine                                            Dr. P. K. Pande,Dr. G. S. Sundararajan
18                 Sports Medicine of the Lower Extremity                                   Steven I. Subotnick
19                 Strength Training and Conditioning                                           R. A. Proctor
20                 Test & Measurement                                                                     Dhananjay Shaw
21                  Wood Essential of Anatomy & Physiology                              Michael G. Wood
22                  Body Building                                                                               Arnold

Norms & Conditions for running – Course
1) Infrastructure:
Well equipped Multi Gym, (Area 100 Sq.ft.) Details are as follows

S.N.     Equipment Details

1          Machines Treadmill, Chest press, Lat pull down, Leg curl, Leg press, Leg
            extension, Hyper extension, Preacher curl, Wrist curl,
            Shoulder press, Arm pulley, Cable Cross over, Seated rows,
            Standing Calf

2          Free weights
            Dumbles- 1 kg, 1.5 kg, 2 kg, 2.5 kg, 5 kg, 7.5 kg, 10 kg, 12.5 kg,
           15 kg, 20 kg, 25 kg
           Weight plats- 1 kg, 1.5 kg, 2 kg, 2.5 kg, 5 kg, 10 kg.

3          Other Flat bench, Incline bench, Decline bench, Sit up bench, Multi
            bench, Dumbels stand, Barbell stand, Satbility ball, yoga Mats,
            Aerobic step, Exercise band, Medicine ball.

2)         Classrooms: 1 class room

3)         Library Books : There shall be a library equipped with minimum five hundred
             titles and reference books related to the prescribed courses of study

4)         Sufficient number of toilets, separate for male and female, shall be made
            available for staff and students.