Class Syllabus: Lifetime Wellness 101

Office Hours:	Continuous
Course Meeting Times:	Continuous

Course Description

Health is defined as an optimal state of physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual well being. The same explanation applies to wellness. It's like that old saying "You don't have anything if you don't have your health." Our birth certificates don't have an expiration date. We're entitled to a lifetime of wellness. But we have to earn it.

Lifetime Wellness gives you a blueprint to help you feel alive, vital, confident and experience a state of well-being. Treatment of disease may save lives, but it rarely results in wellness behavior and a feeling of well-being. It rarely results in the ability to make healthier choices and deal with stress in a positive way.

Can you actually exercise your mind back to wellness? Why not? Tune in to the messages your body is sending you; learn to take charge of your body composition and ways to nourish your body with fitness. Get the jump on nutrition by making good choices. New is only new for a day but personal growth never quits.

Whether you're contemplating a second career or getting fit inside and out, the Lifetime Wellness course helps you design an entire existence worth of living. Learn a new prospective on weight and diet, and the importance of exercise to maintain good health. You'll explore new ways to define yourself, not only by past accomplishments but by the possibilities you create for the future. Lifetime Wellness gives you all the tools to create a lifetime of fulfillment at any age.

Course Requirements

Anyone who's interested in learning more about how to live healthier is welcome to enroll in this class. This course will not require you to have previous experience in any particular area but you should have a high school reading level. No books will be required.

Course Topics

Lesson One - Introduction to Wellness Management 1000 words

w Awakening Your Wellness

w Designing the Life You Want to Live

Lesson Two – Introduction to Fitness Management 1000 words

w Loving and Caring for Your Ins and Outs

w Nourish Your Body With Fitness

Lesson Three – Upper and Lower Body Strength 1500 words

w Muscular Strength

w Muscular Endurance

w Balance and Flexibility

w The Right Workout for You

Lesson Four – Take Charge of Your Body Composition 1500 words

w Measuring Your Body Composition

w Know Your Body Composition

w Male and Female Body Composition

w Transform Your Body Composition Inside and Outside

Lesson Five – Muscular Fitness for Body and Mind 1500 words

w Fitness Can Increase Your Longevity

w How Much Exercise is Enough?

w The Benefits of Regular Exercise

w Have You Tried Yoga?

Lesson Six – Getting the Jump on Nutrition 2000 words

w Nutrition Facts and Making Good Choices

w Are You a Meat Junkie?

w The Vegetarian Lifestyle

w One Diet Plan Does Not Fit All

Lesson Seven – Eating Disorders 1500 words

w Identifying an Eating Disorder – Anorexia and Bulimia

w Cause and Treatments of Eating Disorders

w Treating an Eating Disorder Within the Family

w Is Ten Pounds a Decade Avoidable?

Lesson Eight – Maintaining a Healthy, Emotional Balance 1500 words

w Stress Reduction

w Anger Management

w Identifying and Treating Depression

Lesson Nine – Disease Prevention and Risk Factors 2000

w Common Preventable Diseases

w Identifying and Treating Disease

w Cut Your Risk - Champion Your Health

w The Food - Health Connection

Lesson 10 – Aging and Longevity 1000

w Keeping the Mind Alert

w Personality Change, Dementia and Alzheimer’s

w Caring for the person You Care About

Lesson 11 – Live In the Present, Think About Tomorrow 1500

w Personal Growth Never Quits

w It’s Never Too Late for a Life Makeover

w Spiritual and Family Connection

Course Materials

All course materials is provided in this class. There is no need to buy additional resources.

Grading Policy

Each lesson will include a written and practice assignment that will directly apply what you have learned.

A brief 25 point quiz will follow each lesson. Students will successfully complete this course by earning an overall grade of 70% or higher.

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

Define wellness management.
Define fitness management.
Describe upper and lower body strength.
Take charge of your body composition.
Describe muscular fitness for body and mind.
Recognize proper nutrition.
Describe eating disorders.
Describe maintaining a healthy emotional balance.
Describe disease prevention and how to promote longevity, and
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.

Recommended Books

Walk Don't Die: How to Stay Fit, Trim and Healthy Without Killing Yourself

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