- Docente: Samuele Maria Marcora
- Credits: 10
- SSD: M-EDF/02
- Language: English
- Moduli: Samuele Maria Marcora (Modulo 1) Samuele Maria Marcora (Modulo 2) Borja Martinez Gonzalez (Modulo 3) Samuele Maria Marcora (Modulo 4) Sandro Bartolomei (Modulo 5)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3) Traditional lectures (Modulo 4) Traditional lectures (Modulo 5)
- Campus: Rimini
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Wellness, Sport and Health (cod. 5813)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness Culture: Sport, Health And Tourism (cod. 9227)
Course contents
The course contents are articulated as follows:
Strength and Conditioning Research
Research methods to investigate physical training to improve health, fitness and sport performance
How to write a literature review (exam preparation)
Training Periodization
Introduction: training principles
Training periodization: historical perspective
Training periodization: scientific perspective
Strength and Power Training
Training for muscle hypertrophy
Training for maximal strength
Training for muscle power
Recent advances in strength training (e.g. blood flow restriction, isometric pre activation, total body vs split routine)
Endurance Training
Theoretical models of endurance performance
Testing and monitoring of endurance athletes
Adaptations to difference endurance training methods
Overtraining in endurance athletes
Laboratory practicals
Practical experience with different functional, psychological and physiological tests (only for students enrolled in 96191 - Advanced Strenght Training and Conditioning for Health and Performance)
Readings/Bibliography
Books
Haff, G. G., & Triplett, N. T. (Eds.). (2015). Essentials of strength training and conditioning 4th edition. Human kinetics.
Articles
Original research articles and literature reviews will be provided during the course on the platform Virtual Learning Environment
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures
Student debates (viewpoint and and point-counterpoint)
Small group work
On request, tutorials to be privately arranged with the lecturers
Assessment methods
The assessment method for this course is a take-home assignment (literature review on a topic related to sport training chosen by the student) discussed during the oral exam. The literature review has to be submitted a week before the oral exam. More details will be provided during Module 1 (exam preparation).
Teaching tools
Laboratory at the "Centro Sportivo Universitario Record" in Bologna which has equipment for the testing and training of athletes.
Virtual Learning Environment platform which includes announcements and online discussions, scientiffic articles, presentation slides and other teaching material.
Office hours
See the website of Samuele Maria Marcora
See the website of Borja Martinez Gonzalez
See the website of Sandro Bartolomei
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.