This course is designed and developed by the State of Michigan’s subject matter expert for police wellness. She is a sworn police officer, certified strength and conditioning specialist who also served as the National Tactical Officer’s Association’s fitness chair and police academy lead fitness and wellness instructor.

This course incorporates numerous problem-based learning exercises including identifying and correcting liability issues, conducting a task analysis based on job-specific positions, developing a performance improvement plan, designing appropriate fitness sessions, utilizing an injury report form, designing and critiquing a nutrition program, motivation and behavior change, and designing workouts which require little or no equipment.

• Graduates will be authorized to teach fitness and wellness curriculum to in-service police officers, tactical teams, fire fighters, EMS professionals, and emergency service academies.  
• Graduates will be qualified to conduct fitness assessments, design appropriate nutrition programs, deliver classroom as well as hands-on fitness and wellness sessions safely.
• Graduates will develop and implement appropriate and functional police/fire/EMS academy and in-service fitness sessions whether in a group setting or one-on-one that will improve fitness and wellness.

Hands-on sessions include state specific physical fitness test administration procedures (where applicable), facilitating dynamic warm ups, activities to improve peak functional performance for speed, agility, quickness and explosiveness, reactionary drills which improve performance on the street, proper vertical jump technique, muscular endurance activities, correct resistance training technique, administering fitness assessments for in-service personnel, designing proper circuits, incorporating competition, and appropriate team building sessions.

Classroom Topics Include:

• Fitness assessment implementation
• Instructor development
• Job task specific task analysis
• Anatomy
• Exercise physiology
• Bioenergetics
• Biomechanics
• Liability issues and liability reduction
• Developing proper frequency, intensity, duration, and work to rest ratios for peak performance
• Training adaptations, program design, using heart rate monitors, proper documentation, and evaluation
• Appropriate nutrition education information
• 8 emergency service specific classroom topics

Materials Provided:

• Public Safety Wellness Instructor Manual
• Public Safety Wellness Instructional memory stick loaded with all materials, report forms, fitness assessment forms, and power point presentations
• Physical Fitness Test Proctor Manual (state specific)
• NSCA’S Essentials of Tactical Strength Training and Conditioning
• Louka Tactical Instructor tee-shirt
• Louka Tactical water bottle

Participants Requirements: Laptop computer, cross trainer gym shoes, workout clothing.

Class fee $995.00