Assignment #2 Instructions:
First, please review the OPT Template (attached).
For Assignment #2, you will design an OPT Phase I Stabilization program for YOU – Your pretend Personal Training client.
In designing this OPT Phase I Stabilization program, you will follow the guidelines provided by NASM (be sure to review your text and other resources available to you). In addition, you will design a personalized program for YOU (your personal training client) based on the test results of your Fitness Assessment, strengths, weaknesses, daily habits, and, of course, personal goals.
Assignment #2
As previously stated, this is the beginning –and now the continuation- of a programming plan (Assessment protocol of a client) that you will be creating for your client in the final project. The protocol that you develop now can serve as a blueprint for your future work as a Personal Trainer or Coach.
For this assignment you will be responsible to provide the following information regarding your OPT Phase I Stabilization program:
In addition to the above, the narrative should include a BRIEF background of your client, their goals, the findings of the initial Fitness Assessment & review of postural/movement issues, illnesses, previous injury, or medication precautions, goals & and an idea of the type of training schedule they will maintain. Narrative should refer to initial assessment results to assist in the explanation of why protocols were chosen.
Please submit your assignment using a combination of narrative & any charts/graphs that you think are appropriate (see attachments). Be sure to provide a detailed (and appropriately referenced) rationale for why you have chosen each one of your exercises (based on the items from the Fitness Assessment from Assignment #1).
In the OPT Template, be sure to include sets, reps, tempo, rest, and pertinent coaching tips & instructions. As well, in the narrative, please detail your program and the rationale for each of the variables mentioned above.
Formatting
The narrative of your paper should be at least 3 – 6 pages. Any charts or tables you add will add to the total number of pages. Using charts and tables will help to provide visual guidance as to your client’s health status and your thought process. Please support your rationale for using any and all of your assessments with appropriate academic sources (minimum of 3 + textbook = Minimum 4 References).
The writing component must meet all rules of APA formatting (6th edition) and MUST be submitted in WORD document format only.
*with the title and reference pages, your entire submission will be no shorter than 5 pages.
**Also, please refer to our APUS Library for help with APA formatting.
Please use your NASM text, the NASM forms (attached below), and any other peer-reviewed/scientific resources you may find as reference material for this assignment.
Our APUS Library Search Engines are a good place to begin.
Please save your document as
LastName FirstInitial Assign 2 SPHE420
For example : Gallivan K Assign 2 SPHE420
There are several ways to incorporate a Template/Table into your WORD document; a few hints:
If you are unsure of how to do this -the easiest way is to complete your template on one document, then take a screenshot (I use a Mac & the command for screenshot is command+shift+4, which then gets saved as a pic. On a PC, there is often a “print screen” button which actually saves the screenshot to your desktop OR to a clipboard for you to paste in a word doc), open and copy the picture, then paste it into the document in the appropriate spot.
Please refer to the attached rubric for additional details and guidance.
