Foundations of professional personal training /
Foundations of professional personal training /
Canfitpro ; Rod Macdonald, manuscript coordinator ; Rod Macdonald, Daniela Goode, Adam Jongsma, editors.
- Second Edition.
- xiv, 369 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Journey Begins : -- Understanding Yourself and Your Client / Beginning the Personal Trainer-Client Journey -- Key Qualities of Effective Personal Training Specialists -- Understanding Behaviour Change -- Influencing Exercise Adherence -- Working With Clients -- Principles for Optimal Health / Components of Optimal Health -- Physical Activity for Optimal Health -- canfitpro's Recommendations for Optimal Health -- canfitpro's Training Principles -- Case Studies -- Understanding the Body : -- Bioenergetics / Bioenergetics Terminology -- Introduction to the Energy Systems -- Interaction of the Energy Systems -- Oxygen Deficit -- Developing the Energy Systems -- Cardiorespiratory Concepts / Cardiovascular System -- Respiratory System -- Cardiorespiratory Response to Exercise -- Benefits of Cardiorespiratory Training -- Program Design for Cardiorespiratory Training -- Skeletal Anatomy / Bones -- Parts of the Skeleton -- Joints -- Describing Movement -- Program Design for Bone Health -- Muscular Anatomy / Structure and Function of Skeletal Muscle -- Muscles and Muscle Groups -- Benefits of Resistance Training -- Program Design for Resistance Training -- Flexibility and Mobility Concepts / Definition of Flexibility -- Relationship of Flexibility to Overall Fitness -- Mobility and Fascia -- Range of Motion and Joint Mechanics -- Movement, Mobilization, and Flexibility Training -- Program Design for Flexibility Training -- Foundational Movement Sequences / What Is Functional Training? -- Postural Stability and Balance -- Open Chain and Closed Chain Movement -- Biomotor Abilities -- Foundational Movement Sequences -- Screening and Assessment : -- Passive Screening and Assessments / Pre-Exercise Screening -- Passive Postural Assessment -- Standard Health Assessment -- Body Composition -- Dynamic Assessments / Dynamic Postural Assessment -- Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessment -- Muscular Capacity Assessment -- Flexibility Assessment -- Sources of Error in Dynamic Assessments -- Program Design and Delivery : -- Program Design Concepts / Principles of Program Design -- Client Safety -- Periodization -- Selecting the Right Exercises -- Structuring a Workout -- Adaptability -- Designing a Program / How to Design a Program -- Applying the Four Elements of Good Program Design -- Balancing the Program -- Modifying Programs -- Sample Program Designs -- Delivering a Program / Five Steps of Program Delivery -- Program Card -- Training Session -- Injury Recognition and Prevention Strategies / Understanding Scope of Practice -- Types of Musculoskeletal Injury -- Injury Prevention Strategies -- Business of Personal Training / Career Opportunities -- Marketing Your Services -- Selling Your Services -- Maintaining and Building Your Clientele -- Your Professional Image -- Client-Trainer Relationship -- Terminating the Relationship -- Risk Management -- Policies and Procedures -- Exercises -- Stretches -- Fitness Norms for Health and Performance. Kim Lavender -- Rod Macdonald, Kim Lavender -- Brian Justin, Gregory S. Anderson -- Gregory S. Anderson, Brian Justin -- Gregory S. Anderson -- Gregory S. Anderson -- Chris Frederick -- Mark Stone, Rod Macdonald -- Gregory S. Anderson, Chad Benson, Mark Stone -- Gregory S. Anderson, Brian Justin, Chad Benson -- Rod Macdonald, Brad Schoenfeld -- Rod Macdonald, Brad Schoenfeld -- Rod Macdonald, Brad Schoenfeld -- Terry Kane -- Mike Bates -- Part I. 1. 2. Part II. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part III. 9. 10. Part IV. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C.
"Foundations of Professional Personal Training, Second Edition With Web Resource, serves as a road map toward becoming a successful certified personal trainer. Developed and written by canfitpro, Canada's foremost education and certification provider for fitness professionals, this full-color edition of Foundations of Professional Personal Training contains information for building skills, increasing confidence, and preparing for the Personal Training Specialist (PTS) certification with canfitpro. Reorganized, redesigned, and extensively updated to match the canfitpro certification standards, this second edition includes colorful new artwork and all of the information needed for preparing for the PTS certification process."--Publisher's website.
1450468527 9781450468527
2015007859
Personal trainers.
Physical education and training.
GV428.7 / .F68 2016
613.71
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Journey Begins : -- Understanding Yourself and Your Client / Beginning the Personal Trainer-Client Journey -- Key Qualities of Effective Personal Training Specialists -- Understanding Behaviour Change -- Influencing Exercise Adherence -- Working With Clients -- Principles for Optimal Health / Components of Optimal Health -- Physical Activity for Optimal Health -- canfitpro's Recommendations for Optimal Health -- canfitpro's Training Principles -- Case Studies -- Understanding the Body : -- Bioenergetics / Bioenergetics Terminology -- Introduction to the Energy Systems -- Interaction of the Energy Systems -- Oxygen Deficit -- Developing the Energy Systems -- Cardiorespiratory Concepts / Cardiovascular System -- Respiratory System -- Cardiorespiratory Response to Exercise -- Benefits of Cardiorespiratory Training -- Program Design for Cardiorespiratory Training -- Skeletal Anatomy / Bones -- Parts of the Skeleton -- Joints -- Describing Movement -- Program Design for Bone Health -- Muscular Anatomy / Structure and Function of Skeletal Muscle -- Muscles and Muscle Groups -- Benefits of Resistance Training -- Program Design for Resistance Training -- Flexibility and Mobility Concepts / Definition of Flexibility -- Relationship of Flexibility to Overall Fitness -- Mobility and Fascia -- Range of Motion and Joint Mechanics -- Movement, Mobilization, and Flexibility Training -- Program Design for Flexibility Training -- Foundational Movement Sequences / What Is Functional Training? -- Postural Stability and Balance -- Open Chain and Closed Chain Movement -- Biomotor Abilities -- Foundational Movement Sequences -- Screening and Assessment : -- Passive Screening and Assessments / Pre-Exercise Screening -- Passive Postural Assessment -- Standard Health Assessment -- Body Composition -- Dynamic Assessments / Dynamic Postural Assessment -- Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessment -- Muscular Capacity Assessment -- Flexibility Assessment -- Sources of Error in Dynamic Assessments -- Program Design and Delivery : -- Program Design Concepts / Principles of Program Design -- Client Safety -- Periodization -- Selecting the Right Exercises -- Structuring a Workout -- Adaptability -- Designing a Program / How to Design a Program -- Applying the Four Elements of Good Program Design -- Balancing the Program -- Modifying Programs -- Sample Program Designs -- Delivering a Program / Five Steps of Program Delivery -- Program Card -- Training Session -- Injury Recognition and Prevention Strategies / Understanding Scope of Practice -- Types of Musculoskeletal Injury -- Injury Prevention Strategies -- Business of Personal Training / Career Opportunities -- Marketing Your Services -- Selling Your Services -- Maintaining and Building Your Clientele -- Your Professional Image -- Client-Trainer Relationship -- Terminating the Relationship -- Risk Management -- Policies and Procedures -- Exercises -- Stretches -- Fitness Norms for Health and Performance. Kim Lavender -- Rod Macdonald, Kim Lavender -- Brian Justin, Gregory S. Anderson -- Gregory S. Anderson, Brian Justin -- Gregory S. Anderson -- Gregory S. Anderson -- Chris Frederick -- Mark Stone, Rod Macdonald -- Gregory S. Anderson, Chad Benson, Mark Stone -- Gregory S. Anderson, Brian Justin, Chad Benson -- Rod Macdonald, Brad Schoenfeld -- Rod Macdonald, Brad Schoenfeld -- Rod Macdonald, Brad Schoenfeld -- Terry Kane -- Mike Bates -- Part I. 1. 2. Part II. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part III. 9. 10. Part IV. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C.
"Foundations of Professional Personal Training, Second Edition With Web Resource, serves as a road map toward becoming a successful certified personal trainer. Developed and written by canfitpro, Canada's foremost education and certification provider for fitness professionals, this full-color edition of Foundations of Professional Personal Training contains information for building skills, increasing confidence, and preparing for the Personal Training Specialist (PTS) certification with canfitpro. Reorganized, redesigned, and extensively updated to match the canfitpro certification standards, this second edition includes colorful new artwork and all of the information needed for preparing for the PTS certification process."--Publisher's website.
1450468527 9781450468527
2015007859
Personal trainers.
Physical education and training.
GV428.7 / .F68 2016
613.71