KLT Level One (Perth)

This KLT Level One (hybrid) course is a one-day professional development program. 50% of the material is delivered face-to-face and 50% online.

Course Highlights

• Learn to design and deliver the most effective functional strength training programs by utilizing an integrated approach to human biomechanics.
• Study the the very latest functional strength and movement restoration principles and explore a highly effective and precise Kinetic Link Training system.
• Develop (and learn to deliver) comprehensive exercise programs and complete full body workouts for all clients: rehabilitation, occupational conditioning, general fitness or sports performance.

Day One Agenda

• Develop a precise definition for functional training, and be able to recognise the features of functional strength training in comparison to traditional weight training.
• Explore the features of strength training required to improve functional capacity and consider precise methods of exercise selection to ensure biomechanical balance within resistance training programs.
• Understand motor control theory7 and the acquisition of movement strength and movement control in contrast to the training of isolated muscles.
• Acknowledge the relative lack of consistence that currently exists in exercise description and consider the use of a universal system for naming strength training exercise based on descriptions of movement rather than muscle activation.
• Recognise the value of both symmetrical and asymmetrical training - with reference to biomechanical balance, core control and functional movement literacy.
• Deliver introductory programs for clients new to full body functional training, and perform examples of suitable programs for clients with little experience in functional strength training.
• Identify common technique corrections required and key teaching cues, and recognise the link between good exercise technique and minimising the risk of the client injury.
• Understand the concepts of dynamics stability and posture control and their relationship to core conditioning.
• Understand the concept of stability driven training and its influence of exercise progression and regression especially in relation to load and complexity of exercise choice.
• Understand the kinetic link principle and develop an appreciation of the myofascial sling system of the lumbo-pelvic region for developing outer unit core stability, and demonstrate an appreciation of the activation of the myofascial slings when designing exercise that require stability.
• Practice over 30 different integrated resistance training exercises - covering a diverse spectrum of movement patterns across multiple planes of motion.

Day Two Agenda

• Gain confidence in both performing and teaching a wide variety of functional training exercises with good (effective and safe) technique.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to safely progress a client from a basic rehabilitation level through to athletic strength (if required), and recognise the link between good exercise technique and minimising the risk of client injury.
• Design modifications to programs to meet the specific needs of a client - with particular reference to appropriate progression and regression of chosen exercises.
• Be able to manipulate various training variables to achieve different functional outcomes - such as: motor learning and coordination, stability & endurance, strength & hypertrophy and maximum strength.
• Explore concepts such as eccentric loading and partial range of motion training as effective methods to stimulate hypertrophy.
• Utilise functional training principles, a movement approach to exercise programming and a precise method for exercise description to design a comprehensive full body resistance-training program. A program which meets specific movement pattern requirements.
• Learn how to teach Kinetic Link Training workouts to a wide spectrum of clients over coaching sessions.