 Students with a background in physical activity and sport sciences, physiotherapy, nutrition, and related sciences.

 Familiarity with physical activity, motor skills and some basic exercise physiology terms.

 Light motor and physical skills (basic fitness).

 Sports clothes for exercise will be necessary every day.

 Bring a computer or similar in order to be able to carry out the group presentations for the evaluation of the course.

 To present the Exercise is Medicine® world initiative.

 To introduce current assessment of physical activity, physical fitness, sedentary behavior and other health-related aspects.

 To provide tools for self-management of a physical activity programme according to WHO recommendations.

 To focus on opportunities of research and business for engineers and biosciences professionals on this area.

 To provide the opportunity to become a health-promoter at the workplace as suggested by WHO.

 To create a broad awareness of the benefits that physical activity offers for health and treatment.

Monday, 16th: (from 09:00 to 15:00h):

Presentation: (15min) 09:00h to 09:30h (Internacional room)

Technical Visit (1h. 30 min.): 9:30 to 11:00h.

 Gymnastic museum, INEF-UPM.

 Guided visit to the National High-performance Sport Center (Instalaciones del Consejo Superior de Deportes).

Project design (30 min.): 11:30 to 12:00 

 Where do we come from? Where are we? Physical activity and fitness project design (Groups 5-6 people)

Theory (2h.): 12:00 to 13:00h

• Exercise is Medicine® initiative worldwide.
• The benefits of physical exercise and better physical fitness for health.
• Chronic diseases related to Physical inactivity.

Laboratory (2h): 13:00 to 15:00h 

 Physiology lab: Exercise Ergo spirometry (VO_2max) for healthy subjects.

 Maximal Wingate test

Tuesday, 17th: (from 09:00 to 15:00h)

Theory (1h.): 09:00 to 10:00h (Biomechanics Lab.)

 Estimated physical strength fitness assessment (1RM).

Gym Practice (2h.); (Biomechanic Lab): 10:30 to 12:00h.

 Biomechanics lab: Electromyography.

 Estimated physical strength fitness assessment (1RM).

Laboratory practice (3 h.) (Biomechanist Lab) 12:00 to 15:00h.

 Gait analysis and exercise technical assessment.

 New technologies and analysis in Paralympics

Wednesday, 18th: (from 09:00 to 15:00h):

Theory (1h 30m): 09:00 to 10:30h

 Exercise and physical fitness technology.

 Exercise thermography analysis.

Gym practice (2h): 11:00 to 13:00h

 Thermography analysis image pre and post exercise.

Practice (2h): 13:30 to 14:30h

 Self-processed data and image thermography analysis before and after than exercise effort.

Project design (30m.): 14:30 to 14:30h

 Physical activity and fintess project design (Groups 5-6 people).

Thursday, 19th: (from 09:00 to 15:00h):

Theory  and practice (2h): 09:00 to 11:00h

 Exercise physiology: mitochondrial transplant..

 Use of the Food Pyramid and nutritional assessment.

 Physical fitness and allergies

Project designs (4h.): 11:00 to 15:00h

 Proposal of project design related to Physical activity and fitness app design (Groups 5-6 people).

Friday, 20th: (from 09:00 to 15:00h):

Exercise practice (2h): 9:00 to 11h (Biochemistry Lab.)

 Physical fitness assessment: Tools out of Lab.

Theory (2h): 11:00 to 13:00h (Aula Magna room)

 Physical activity and nutritional guidelines..

Project designs presentations (2h.): 13:00 to 15:00h (Aula Magna room)

 Presentation of proposals for project designs (10 minutes group presentations and 5 minutes for questions).

 Presentation of proposals for project designs (10 minutes group presentations and 5 minutes for questions). Self-assessment by students and teacher by a rubric table. Minimum mark: 5 (1-10 points).