DR . MARILIA COUTINHO
E-MAIL: MERTON .MZM@GMAIL .COM HTTP://www.mariliacoutinho.com
LECTURE AND COURSE
SUBJECTS
CURRENT Strength training methodology: motor learning approaches to teaching the
lifts
Foundations of strength training – what is strength, why it is necessary, how it
relates to human movement patterns and how it is trained
The “new old training methods” – new trends in strength training from old
traditions: powerlifting, weightlifting, kettlebell training, bodyweight
movements, alternative objects
Periodization
Exercise, stress and mental health – evidence concerning mechanisms and
body-mind integration
Women and strength training I: difficulties and conflicts with strength;
historical and cultural aspects; life stages and strength; the importance of
strength training in women’s health
Women and strength training II: technical aspects; physiology of strength and
the female body; hormonal aspects.
Strength Sports I: History
Strength Sports II: Structure, institutional organization, how to research and
how to make the best press coverage
Strength Sports III: strength sports, strength training and martial arts
Strength Sports IV: Current trends in the World and in Brazil
Evidence-based health sciences: how to make decisions using the best
available scientific information
“I was prescribed strength training: what options do I have?”
High performance sport and society
Stress, physical activity, nutrition and work productivity
Powerlifting: the sport, its training and meet organization
Weight training planning and prescription: pedagogical and functional aspects
The construction of beauty standards: the health professional, patients’
demands and social responsibility
Physiological foundations of strength training
Epidemiology of physical activity and inactivity
Nutritional epidemiology (obesity, malnutrition, etc)