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Fitness professional's handbook
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"Formerly titled Health Fitness Instructor's Handbook, this full-color text has undergone a title change to better reflect its extensive use in the field. With three new chapters, expanded ancillar...
"Formerly titled Health Fitness Instructor's Handbook, this full-color text has undergone a title change to better reflect its extensive use in the field. With three new chapters, expanded ancillaries, and updated material that reflects the current American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines, it serves as an essential resource for those seeking ACSM health/fitness instructor certification and is an invaluable reference for certified fitness professionals striving to stay abreast of the latest information in the field." "Fitness Professional's Handbook is based on the latest research, allowing readers to explore the newest theories and most current issues in the field."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Edward T. Howley, B. Don Franks
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Fifth edition
- Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2007]
- ©2007
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- x, 558 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 0736061789, 9780736061780
- OCLC
- ocm70866925
- Rev. of: Health fitness instructor's handbook. 4th ed. c2003.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-542) and index.
- 1. Physical Activity and Health -- 2. Physical Fitness and Performance -- 3. Health Appraisal -- 4. Energy Costs of Physical Activity -- 5. Cardiorespiratory Fitness -- 6. Body Composition -- 7. Nutrition -- 8. Assessment of Muscular Fitness -- 9. Flexibility and Low-Back Function -- 10. Exercise Prescription for Cardiorespiratory Fitness -- 11. Exercise Prescription for Weight Management -- 12. Exercise Prescription for Resistance Training -- 13. Exercise Prescription for Flexibility and Low-Back Function -- 14. Exercise Leadership for Health and Fitness -- 15. Exercise and Children and Youth -- 16. Exercise and Older Adults -- 17. Exercise and Women's Health -- 18. Exercise and Coronary Heart Disease -- 19. Exercise and Obesity -- 20. Exercise and Diabetes -- 21. Exercise, Asthma, and Pulmonary Disease -- 22. Behavior Modification -- 23. Mindful Exercise for Fitness Professionals -- 24. Exercise Related to ECG and Medications -- 25. Injury Prevention and Treatment -- 26. Program Administration and Management -- 27. Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics -- 28. Exercise Physiology -- App. A. Case Study Answers -- App. B. Calculation of Oxygen Uptake and Carbon Dioxide Production -- App. C. Energy Costs of Various Physical Activities -- App. D. Common Medications -- App. E. Evaluating Fitness
Subjects
- Physical fitness -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Physical fitness -- Testing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Exercise -- Physiological aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Health.
- Exercise -- physiology.
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- Health Behavior.
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- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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- Physical Fitness -- physiology.
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