The Fitness Instructor's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Health and Fitness (Fitness Professionals) - Softcover

Coulson, Morc

 
9781472939043: The Fitness Instructor's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Health and Fitness (Fitness Professionals)

Synopsis

New and updated, The Fitness Instructor's Handbook, 3rd edition is the essential guide for anyone working in, or wishing to enter, the fitness industry.

Including a brand new chapter on Cardiorespiratory machine exercises covering correct technique, safety points and step-by-step photos and updated references throughout, this new edition reflects the latest changes to the National Occupational Standards (levels 2 and 3).

Topics covered include:
The skeletal system
muscles and tendons
the energy system
circulation and respiration
components of fitness
safety issues
customer service
screening clients
planning and programme design
exercise evaluation.

Packed full of illustrations, case studies, revision questions and sample programmes this is the ideal book for those new to the industry as well as experienced trainers.

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About the Author

Morc Coulson is senior lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Sunderland. He is the author of a number of books for fitness professionals including, The Advanced Fitness Instructor's Handbook (2008), Practical Fitness Testing (2009) and The Complete Guide to Personal Training (2013).

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