Fitness and Nutrition
Distance Learning School Training

Stratford’s Fitness and Nutrition Diploma Program is designed to provide a comprehensive course of studies to acquaint you with the full nature and scope of fitness. You will find the training materials thorough, readable, and highly practical in nature. They have been written and prepared by some of the foremost authorities in fitness, university educators and professionals with a wealth of practical experience and the gift for sharing their insights with students.

You care about your physical health. Now look after your emotional and financial health as well, by taking a firm step in the direction of a career in the rewarding field of fitness and nutrition.   More Information

During the past decade, the term "physical fitness" has taken on a new meaning. In many respects, physical fitness has become a way of life throughout North America. People are more aware of the role of fitness in overall health. We eat, sleep, go to work, and try to include some form of exercise in our busy schedules. Fitness information comes from many sources. Experts give advice on television or radio, in magazines, books, and newspapers. Even our friends and co-workers are willing to give opinions on the best way to work out or on the latest fitness craze. Furthermore, the image of the attractive, healthy, physically fit person is used to sell everything from foods, nutrient supplements, clothing, sports equipment, and memberships to health and fitness clubs. It is virtually impossible to go through a day without being exposed to something involving physical fitness.

This preoccupation with fitness has affected every segment of our society. People of all ages and backgrounds have decided to take responsibility for their own physical and emotional well being by becoming physically active. Because of the substantial number of people interested in achieving a higher degree of fitness, self-proclaimed fitness "experts" are determined to try to take advantage of them by disseminating misinformation regarding strength training, cardiorespiratory endurance and flexibility, weight control, nutrition, and injury and stress management. The public’s interest in becoming more physically fit has created a multi-million dollar industry that does not always promote items or services that are safe, effective, or necessary. Fitness consumers need a source of reliable information dealing with a wide variety of topics from choosing sportswear and equipment to the treatment of shin splints.

Components of Fitness & Nutrition Program

• What Physical Fitness Can Do for You

• Assessing Your Present Level of Fitness

• The Medical Evaluation

• The Fitness Appraisal

• Behavioral Change and Motivational Techniques

• Psychosocial Factors to Consider

• Strategies for Achieving Your Fitness Goals

• Principles of Exercise

• The Ideal Exercise Program

• Fitness Concepts

• Exploring Cardiorespiratory Fitness

• Benefits of Cardiorespiratory Fitness

• Anaerobic Energy Systems

• Overview and Analysis of Aerobic Exercise Choices

• Maximal Oxygen Consumption (VO2)

• How to Safely Begin and Progress in an Aerobic Fitness Program

• Improving Muscular Strength and Endurance

• Factors Affecting Muscular Strength and Endurance

• Strength-Training Principles

• Lifting Techniques

• Barbell and Dumbbell Exercises

• Girth Control

• Flexibility

• Factors Affecting Flexibility

• The Assessment of Flexibility

• Flexibility-Training Principles

• Nutrition

• The Energy Nutrients

• Non-energy Nutrients: Vitamins, Minerals and Water

• Food Density

• Dietary Guidelines for Good Health

• Nutrition-Disease Relationships

• Nutrition and Aging

• Special Needs of the Active Individual

• Exploring Weight Control

• Causes of Obesity

• Set-Point Theory

• Body Composition

• Safe Weight-Loss Procedures

• Special Diets

• Underweight Conditions and Eating Disorders

• Stress Management and Physical Fitness

• Stress-Related Concepts

• Exercise’s Unique Contribution to Stress Management

• Managing Stress

• Types A and B Behavior Patterns and the Exerciser

• Time Management: Freeing Up Time to Exercise

• How Chemicals Affect Physical Fitness

• Drug Use, Misuse and Abuse

• Alcohol

• Tobacco

• Exploring Exercise Injuries

• Protecting Your Body from Injury and Illness

• Tissue Response to Injury

• Prevention and Emergency Treatment of Common Exercise Injuries and Illnesses

• Use of Medication in the Treatment of Exercise-Related Injuries

• Preventing Heart Disease, Cancer and Other Diseases

• Heart Disease

• Cancer

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Physiological Differences between Women and Men

• Anaerobic Power

• Special Consideration for Women: Osteoporosis

• Iron-Deficiency Anemia

• Sports Anemia

• Menstruation and Exercise

• Pregnancy, Lactation and Exercise

• Designing a Program Unique for You: A Lifetime of Fitness

• Identifying Your Fitness Goals

• Fitness Activities to Help You Achieve Your Goals

• Being a Fitness Consumer

• Home Exercise Equipment

• Keeping Fit As You Age

• Nutrition and Energy for Biologic Work

• Biology and Chemistry Basics

• Digestion and Absorption of Food Nutrients

• Food Advertising, Packaging, and Labeling, and Patterns of Food Consumption

• Optimal Nutrition for Exercise and Good Health

• Energy for Exercise

• Ventilation and Circulation: The Oxygen Delivery System

• Energy Value of Food and Physical Activity

• Body Composition and Weight Control

• Evaluation of Body Composition

• Obesity

• Modification of Eating and Exercise Behaviors

• Physiologic Conditioning for Total Fitness

• Conditioning and Muscular Strength

• Conditioning for Anaerobic and Aerobic Power

• Aging, Exercise and Cardiovascular Health

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