Description: This course will focus on improving your understanding on muscle morphology and how you can change it. Your ability to increase the size of muscle (hypertrophy), change muscle architecture and/or drive fibre type adaptation, will certainly influence patient outcomes and affect human and sporting performance. There is a preoccupation for physical medical practitioners to measure and monitor the maximal strength/peak force of muscle, however, there are other variables such as rate of force development and impulse, that you should be aware of that can provide a higher level of diagnostics in terms of tissue repair, neuromuscular recovery and readiness to return to activity/play/work.
List of topics: Each topic (Hypertrophy, Muscle Architecture and Fibre Type) is comprised of three units of work.
- A Masterclass that introduces you to the physiology and/or mechanics of the topic and introduces you to assessment, programming and adaptations related to the component of interest.
- An Assessment Zone that takes you through different types and ways to assess the component of interest. These Assessment Zones finish with a case study if feasible, where you practice the technique discussed and you interpret the data.
- An Exercise Zone where you will learn how to preferentially target the component of interest via simple exercise, progressions and programming considerations.
Course length: Approximately 10 hours
What you will learn:
Muscle physiology including muscle architecture and fibre type.
- How muscle mechanics and function are influenced by hypertrophy, architecture and fibre type.
- Assessment, programming and tissue adaptation
- Practical ‘how-to’ assessment of specific components
- How to preferentially target specific components with simple exercise, progressions and programming considerations.
What you get when you enrol in this course:
- 10-mini video lectures
- Masterclass presentations
- Assessment & Exercise Zone presentations
- Quizzes and case studies
- Extra resource and readings
- CPD worksheet
- CPD certificate
Cost: $90 USD
Access period: Lifetime
Registration through KCS provides you with a 10% discount to this high-quality program. The discount code is provided by completing the popup form and is sent to the provided email.
