P E 147 - Pilates/Yoga

Credits: 1
Combines Pilates and yoga to focus on training core muscle groups; abdomen, lower back, hips, and buttocks. Focuses on building a stronger, healthier body, and improving posture, circulation, energy and stamina. Emphasizes stretching and relaxing the mind and body.

Course Fee: $10.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Make wise choices regarding participation in physical activity.
Improve wellness by actively participating in safe and effective pilates and yoga techniques suitable to their individual needs and the course purpose.
Evaluate personal health and wellness, fitness level, and/or physical skill development.

Program Outcomes

Participate in academic and physical activities that address various goals of Healthy People 2020. Goals include physical activity, nutrition and weight status, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, and cancer.
Apply training principles or rules of the sport in fitness- and skill-related classes.
Identify and/or practice lifetime health and fitness skills that reduce risk of chronic disease and improve or maintain fitness and skill.

College-wide Outcomes

Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.