Exercise & Nutrition for a Healthy Lifestyle

Exercise & Nutrition for a Healthy Lifestyle

To make positive changes to your personal health, this course will provide you with everything you need to know about nutrition, fitness, and your body. To separate the good from the bad information on healthy living, we have created a course that blends credible scientific research with expert lifestyle advice.

Your experience will begin by learning how exercise and nutrition benefit our bodies and how an inactive lifestyle poses health risks. Once you are clued up in this area, you’ll move on to the function of the human body – how it works and the systems that are essential to maintaining our health. Studying these topics will give you a foundation knowledge of how nutrition and exercise are key to a healthy lifestyle.

The final section of the course will explore health on a wider scale, taking into account how sleep and stress contribute to health factors. With this understanding, you will have the confidence and knowledge to put together a health and fitness programme that you can adopt for yourself.

The areas that we cover throughout the course include:

• Systems of the human body
• Nutrition for a healthy lifestyle
• Exercise for a healthy lifestyle
• Components of wider health
• Developing a sustainable health and fitness programme

To learn more information about what the course entails and the delivery team, then check out the tabs above! You can also gain more information by registering your interest on the form to your right.

You may be wondering why we should be your number-one choice above other training providers. Well, all of our courses are built and delivered by the best in the business. Through a range of written materials, videos, and interactive features, you will learn everything you need to know in an enjoyable way. In the video below, you can get a taste of what’s to come!

Modules

The course is broken down into the following 6 units:

Unit 1: Introduction to Personal Health

Upon completion of this unit, you will understand:

1. What health means to you
2. Components of fitness
3. Benefits of fitness and nutrition
4. Risks of an inactive lifestyle and poor diet

Unit 2: Understanding the Human Body

Upon completion of this unit, you will understand:

1. Skeletal system
2. Nervous & Muscular system
3. Circulatory & Respiratory system
4. Endocrine system
5. Reproductive & Lymphatic system
6. Integumentary system
7. Digestive & Urinary system

Unit 3: Nutrition for a Healthy Lifestyle

Upon completion of this unit, you will understand:

1. Food = mood
2. Understanding energy
3. Calories and calorie balance
4. BMI & Harris equation
5. Macronutrients
6. Micronutrients
7. Vitamins & minerals
8. Importance of hydration
9. Key nutritional strategies & guidelines
10. Common diets

Unit 4: Exercise for a Healthy Lifestyle

Upon completion of this unit, you will understand:

1. NEAT
2. Movement can be more than just a workout
3. SMART goals
4. Energy systems
5. Daily energy expenditure
6. Importance of Postural and Core stability
7. Importance of a warm-up and cool down
8. Injuries and safety
9. Physical health tests (cardio, muscular, flexibility, BP, BMI, body composition)
10. Types of training & their benefits

Unit 5: Wider Health

Upon completion of this unit, you will understand:

1. Creating new habits- morning & night routine
2. Importance of mental health - checking in on yourself and prioritising you
3. Stress management - tools of how to manage
4. The importance of sleep
5. Body image

Unit 6: Planning a Sustainable Health & Fitness Programme

Upon completion of this unit, you will understand:

1. Meeting goals
2. Behaviour change
3. FITT Principles
4. Building your exercise programme
5. Food strategies
6. Building your nutrition plan
7. Sustainability

Entry Requirements

Learners don’t have to meet any requirements to enrol.

Our course has been developed for anyone who wants to learn more about nutrition, exercise, and personal health. It is a great guide for individuals looking to improve their wellbeing and learn how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.

*You will have access to the course for 24 months.

At the end of each unit, your knowledge will be tested through a range of multiple-choice quizzes. If you are unable to recall everything you have learned, you will be able to go back through the materials again.

Rest assured, even if you get some of the questions wrong, you can still continue through the course.

TQUK

This course is endorsed by TQUK. Please be aware that the purpose of this course is for learning support, it does not provide you with an official qualification at completion.

Established in 2013, Training Qualifications UK are one of the most forward-thinking and agile Awarding Organisations in the UK. They work closely with both employers and providers to ensure learners receive qualifications that have impact in the workplace and help learners succeed in all walks of life.

Many individuals struggle to strike up a balanced and healthy lifestyle as they are not always fed the right information. Our course can act as the perfect guide to improving your personal health, putting you on a journey of self-development.

As this is not a professional qualification, it is not geared towards career progression, but if you are keen to embark on a career in the health and fitness industry, then consider our Level 3 Diploma in Gym Instructing and Personal Training or our Level 4 Certificate in Nutrition for Weight Management and Athletic Performance.