General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | GYM Workout |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | mgr Łukasz Stypa |
| Lecturer's email | lukas@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | senior Lecturer |
| Faculty | The School of Physical Education and Sport |
| Semester | 2025/2026 (winter) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 0 |
| USOS code | 32 |
Timetable
Monday
Sports Hall at 9 Zagajnikowa Street., 11:00-12.30 - Team Games – Łukasz Stypa
Tuesday
Sports hall at 9 Zagajnikowa Street, 11:00-12.30 - Team Games – Łukasz Stypa
Module aim (aims)
Specific competencies to be achieved. Students will:1. Demonstrate basic technical skills of popular gym workout exercises 2. Know main main rules concerning gym workout theory .3. Understand and be aware of positive effects of physical effort during training.4. Learn how to properly prepare organism to team sports training.5. Understand the basic tactics elements of main workout's sets.6. Learn basic warm up and cool down stretching techniques.7. Learn about sport history.8. Learn how to train properly in order to avoid injuries.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Having a student status Erasmus General competencies to be achieved. The student will:1. Learn the importance of healthful living and its contributions to his/herphysical, mental, social, and spiritual growth.2. Learn an activity that can be used in leisure time.3. Develop an interest sport and competition.4. Develop an adequate skills in physical efficiency.5. Broaden his/her general knowledge of sport
Syllabus
Designed to enhance aerobic ability while teaching proper techniques and fundamentals of basic body and muscle workout.
Reading list
- Bowman Z. S., Cole T. S., Dodsworth J., Fenzi D. L., Burns S. (2014). Aerobic exercise effects on self-esteem in subjects with sedentary lifestyles. International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings
- Chaline, E. (2015). The temple of perfection: A history of the gym. London, United Kingdom: Reaction Books.
- Crossley N. (2006). In the gym: Motives, meaning and moral careers. Body & Society,
- Dworkin, S. L. (2003). A woman’s place is in the …cardiovascular room. Gender relations, the body, and the gym. In A. Bolin and J. Granskog (Eds.), Athletic intruders: Ethnographic research on women, culture, and exercise (pp. 131-158). New York, NY: State University of New York Press.
- Gill R., Henwood K., McLean C. (2005). Body projects and the regulation of normative masculinity. Body & Society,