Improving aerobic fitness

Topic outline

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  About this course

  Aerobic fitness is important for sports performance and health, but what sort of exercise should you be doing to develop your aerobic fitness? This course will help you to answer this question by introducing you to principles of aerobic exercise prescription.

  This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Sport. You might be particularly interested in the Open University course E117 Introduction to sport and fitness.

  
  
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  Learning outcomes

  After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • apply the principles of training to aerobic fitness development

  • consider the appropriate frequency, intensity, time/duration and type of exercise to develop aerobic fitness.

  
  
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  Access this course

  This free course is on Open Learn.

  2 hours study
  Level 1: Introductory

  Access via the following link:
  https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/improving-aerobic-fitness/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab