Unit 03 Preparing and planning for health & fitness

Learners will understand factors that affect a health and fitness plan. This will enable them to prepare and plan a health and fitness plan to improve their exercise and diet. The learner will be able to evaluate a health and fitness plan.

Guided learning hours: 30

Level: 2

  • This unit is mandatory
  • This unit is externally assessed

1 Understand factors affecting a health and fitness plan

The learner can:

  • 1.1 Describe the purpose of a PARQ (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire)
  • 1.2 Assess the suitability for an individual to participate in fitness activities
  • 1.3 Describe the preparation needed for a specific purpose
  • 1.4 Assess an individual’s base level of fitness

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2 Be able to produce a health and fitness plan

The learner can:

  • 2.1 Produce an individual exercise programme for a specific purpose
  • 2.2 Produce a nutrition plan for the period of the personal exercise programme

3 Be able to evaluate a health and fitness plan

The learner can:

  • 3.1 Assess the effectiveness of the exercise programme
  • 3.2 Describe how to improve the exercise programme
  • 3.3 Describe how to improve the nutrition plan

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