2025 IDEA Fitness Journal Issue 3, Quiz 5: Implementing Kids' Fitness in Your Studio
This course explores how fitness professionals can design and implement safe, engaging, and developmentally appropriate kids’ fitness programs. It emphasizes evidence-based strategies aligned with CDC and AAP guidelines to support children’s physical, mental, and social well-being while strengthening family and community connections.
Learning Objectives
In this course, learners will:
- Understand the current trends in childhood inactivity and obesity, and how fitness programs can help reverse these patterns.
- Identify age-appropriate program designs for different developmental stages, from early childhood through adolescence.
- Apply strategies to maximize moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during youth fitness sessions.
- Implement safe and beneficial youth resistance training protocols aligned with AAP recommendations.
- Design inclusive, engaging, and developmentally appropriate sessions that build skills while prioritizing safety.
- Explore how after-school scheduling and community partnerships can increase participation and impact.
- Measure outcomes such as skill progression, enjoyment, and active minutes to evaluate program success and communicate value
Course Procedure
- Enroll in the course.
- View the course content.
- Take the test. (You must score 80% to pass. If you do not pass, you may retake the test.)
- Print your certificate of completion.
Course Content
- 2025 IDEA Fitness Journal Issue 3, Quiz 5: Implementing Kids' Fitness in Your Studio Article
- 2025 IDEA Fitness Journal Issue 3, Quiz 5: Implementing Kids' Fitness in Your Studio Final Exam
Available Course Credits
ACTION.1
ACSM1.0
ACE.1
AFPA1.0
BCRPA1.0
CHEK1.0
IFPA1.0
NAFC.1
NCEP1.0
NCSF.5
NETA1.0
NFPT.2
NIEW.1
NSPA1.0