The Complete Guide to Personal Training: 2nd Edition
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Description
A revised and updated second edition of the popular Complete Guide to Personal Training. Expertly written and suitable for anyone working as, or training to be a Personal Trainer.
This is a complete reference guide for fitness professionals who prescribe exercise programmes to clients. This guide contains practical tips for designing a range of appropriate client exercise programmes. Importantly, it focuses on the best ways you can sustain a financially successful business in this area and how you can stand out from the crowd.
It includes:
- The foundations of personal training
- Planning and delivering exercise programmes
- Training methods and exercise techniques
- Nutrition
- Health and safety
- Setting up
- marketing and growing a successful business.
The book also includes all Level 3 requirements detailed within the Health and Fitness National Occupational Standards and the Qualifications Framework relating to personal training and has been awarded 3 CPD points by the Register of Exercise professionals.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
PART ONE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONAL TRAINING
1. Professional practice
2. Reflective practice and professional development
PART TWO: PLAN EXERCISE PROGRAMMES
3. Collect and review client information
4. Programme design
PART THREE: DELIVER EXERCISE PROGRAMMES
5. How to teach and adapt exercises
6. Instructing
PART FOUR: MANAGE EXERCISE PROGRAMMES
7. Review and adapt programmes
8. Training methods
PART FIVE: WORKING WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS
9. Musculoskeletal system
10. Exercise guidelines
PART SIX: NUTRITION, EXERCISE AND WEIGHT
11. Digestive system and nutrients
12. Healthy eating
13. Analysing nutritional information
PART SEVEN: HEALTH AND SAFETY IN PRACTICE
14. Health, safety and welfare
15. Protection of children and the vulnerable
16. Risk assessing, injuries, illness and emergencies
PART EIGHT: SALES AND MARKETING IN PRACTICE
17. Marketing in practice
18. Selling in practice
19. Practical financial management
Appendices
Glossary
References
Index
Product details
| Published | 06 Sep 2018 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Extent | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781472953605 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Sport |
| Illustrations | contains full colour photographs throughout |
| Series | Complete Guides |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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