2020 Summit - Ergo-Energizer: How to Be Fit If You Must Sit
2020 Summit - Ergo-Energizer: How to Be Fit If You Must Sit

ACSM's 2020 International Health & Fitness Virtual Summit Video CEC: Ergo-Energizer: How to Be Fit if You Must Sit

By Peter Ronai, MS, RCEP, CEP, EPC, CSCS, FACSM, Clinical Professor, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT

Participants will learn how to identify particular workstation design flaws which can contribute to poor mobility, muscle tension, fatigue and discomfort. Participants will learn how to apply basic workstation and work practice modifications in order to reduce muscle tension and discomfort and to enhance mobility, strength and work tolerance. Participants will perform basic assessments of posture, mobility and strength. Pete will teach participants how to design exercise routines for improving mobility and strength that can be performed at a workstation or desk, in an office, during a movement break or in a gym during a warm-up or cool-down sequence.

Learning Objectives

1. Perform an ergonomic quick check of computer workstations and related equipment

2. Teach ergonomic practices to reduce muscle fatigue/discomfort while enhancing work tolerance

3. Assess posture, mobility and muscle function in the neck, shoulder girdle and trunk

4. Perform/teach exercises to improve mobility and strength in neck, shoulders and trunk

5. Design exercise routines that can be done at a workstation, gym or during movement breaks

Notice

This course includes an online webinar from ACSM’s Health & Fitness Virtual Summit and a corresponding online quiz.

All course content will be presented to you electronically upon completion of your purchase. This includes all webinars, quizzes, and certificates (certificates awarded upon successful completion of the quizzes).

No substitutions will be allowed for this CEC course.

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Available Course Credits

ACSM 3.00

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