Class Traineeship

This CU is part of the 1st cycle, and the scientific area, of Physical Education and Sport. Its objective is the full intervention of the student in the professional activity, carried out in gyms. Through an internship, the student has the opportunity to join a work team, in a real context of practice, and progressively start their future professional activity. This gradual interaction in a real practice context guarantees the consolidation of knowledge and skills acquired during the two previous years of the degree and enhances the acquisition and development of new skills, crucial for specific and comprehensive preparation. The completion of this CU, in the last year of the study plan, provides students with an intense experience of preparation for professional activities in the context of Academy Activities and guarantees a close collaboration with different Host Institutions.

The Syllabus is:

1. Fundamental characteristics of gyms: specific reality, infrastructure and equipment, main objectives and target population.

2. Assessment of physical condition in real practice context;

3. Exercise design and planning for the maintenance and improvement of physical condition;

4. Training operationalization and control for the maintenance and improvement of physical condition;

5. Intervention in a real practice context: control and intervention in a gym room, individual and group training, contact with the client.

As metodologias utilizadas estão de acordo com a evidência cientifica atualizada.

American College of Sports Medicine. (2018). Diretrizes ACSM ? Para os testes de Esforc¿o e a sua Prescric¿a¿o (10a ed.). W. Kluwer.

American college of sports (2021). ACSM?s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription (11th ed.). United States: Wolters Kluwer.

Clark, M., Lucett, S. & Sutton, B. (2012). NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training. 4th Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore.

WHO. (2021). Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health. Geneve.