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The Complete Guide to Personal Training: 2nd Edition
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A revised and updated second edition of the popular Complete Guide to Personal Training. Aimed at anyone working as, or training to be a Personal Trainer.
The text will be revised throughout, with a new chapter on fitness testing (around 32pp new content) It will also include new sections on HIIT, CrossFit, adapting exercises for outdoor spaces, as well as updates to the guidance on nutrition to reflect current thinking. It will also include updates to the Occupational Standards which have changed since the last publication in August 2013.
This is a complete reference guide for fitness professionals who prescribe exercise programs to clients. This guide contains practical tips for designing a range of appropriate client exercise programs. 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.
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 | Nov 06 2018 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Extent | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781472953612 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Sport |
| Illustrations | contains full colour photographs throughout |
| Dimensions | 230 x 189 mm |
| Series | Complete Guides |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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