ACSM's Resources for the Personal Trainer
Published on 27. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
151 pages
978-0-7817-8745-1 (ISBN)
Description
This valuable resource is the official ACSM preparatory tool for The ACSM Certified Personal Trainer(SM) exam. It provides essential, foundational expertise for professionals involved in developing and implementing an individualized approach to exercise leadership in healthy populations and/or those individuals with medical clearance to exercise. It covers the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) used to improve, maintain, and/or optimize health-related components of physical fitness and performance. This resource includes information on writing appropriate exercise recommendations, leading and demonstrating safe and effective methods of exercise, and motivating individuals to begin and to continue with their healthy behaviors.
This valuable resource is the official ACSM preparatory tool for The ACSM Certified Personal Trainer(SM) exam. It provides essential, foundational expertise for professionals involved in developing and implementing an individualized approach to exercise leadership in healthy populations and/or those individuals with medical clearance to exercise. It covers the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) used to improve, maintain, and/or optimize health-related components of physical fitness and performance. This resource includes information on writing appropriate exercise recommendations, leading and demonstrating safe and effective methods of exercise, and motivating individuals to begin and to continue with their healthy behaviors.
This valuable resource is the official ACSM preparatory tool for The ACSM Certified Personal Trainer(SM) exam. It provides essential, foundational expertise for professionals involved in developing and implementing an individualized approach to exercise leadership in healthy populations and/or those individuals with medical clearance to exercise. It covers the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) used to improve, maintain, and/or optimize health-related components of physical fitness and performance. This resource includes information on writing appropriate exercise recommendations, leading and demonstrating safe and effective methods of exercise, and motivating individuals to begin and to continue with their healthy behaviors.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7817-8745-1 (9780781787451)
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Content
- INTRODUCTION - EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND RELATED EXERCISE SCIENCE - Bone, Skeletal Muscle, and Connective Tissue - Anatomy of the Cardiovascular System - Anatomy of the Respiratory System - Biomechanical Principles - Aerobic and Anaerobic Metabolism - Normal, Acute Responses to Cardiovascular Exercise - Normal, Chronic Physiological Adaptations Associated with Cardiovascular Exercise - Normal, Acute Responses to Resistance Training - Normal, Chronic Physiological Adaptations Associated with Resistance Training - Physiologic Principles Related to Warm-up and Cool-down - Muscle Fatigue. - Detraining EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION AND PROGRAMMING - General Principles of Fitness - Muscular Strength and Endurance - Exercise Recommendations for Flexibility and Range of Motion - Specificity of Exercise Training and Testing - Medical Complications of Exercise HUMAN BEHAVIOR - Principles for Changing Health Behaviors - Methods for Changing Health Behaviors - Communication Skills HEALTH APPRAISAL, FITNESS EXERCISE TESTING - Preparticipation Health Appraisal in the Nonmedical Setting - Cardiorespiratory Assessment of Apparently Healthy Populations - Assessment of Muscular Strength and Endurance - Flexibility and Range of Motion - Body Composition SAFETY, INJURY PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES - Benefits and Risks Associated with Exercise - Preliminary Screening - Recommendations to Reduce the Incidence and Severity of Complications during Exercise - Emergency Procedures and Exercise Safety - Death and Cardiac Arrest - Musculoskeletal Injury - Exercise-Related Injuries - Injury Prevention - Emergency Procedures - Evaluation Skills - Contraindicated and High-Risk Exercises NUTRITION AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT - Choosing a Healthy Diet May Prevent Disease - Specifics on Weight Management. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION - Equipment - Legal and Business Considerations - Health and Fitness Programming: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation CLINICAL AND MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS - Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Risk Factors - Basic Principles of Electrocardiography (ECG) - Lung Diseases - Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Conditions Seen in Clients - Medications APPENDICES
Scope and Practice
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Scope and Practice
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities