Description 
                    This valuable resource is the official ACSM preparatory tool for The ACSM Certified Personal TrainerSM 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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        Reference  
        39768 
      
    
    
	  		
			EAN13  
			9780781787451 
		
	  
	  		
			ISBN  
			9780781787451 
		
	  
	  
		  	
  
  
  
      
  
      
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
					  
			Data sheet
			
			  				Publication date 
				2004 
			  				Issue number 
				1 
			  				Cover 
				paperback 
			  				Pages count 
				151 
			  				Dimensions (mm) 
				213 x 276 
			  				Weight (g) 
				395 
			  			 
		   
			  
    
      
         
            
                            
                     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