The complete guide to personal training / Morc Coulson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coulson, Morc, author.

Series:

Complete guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personal trainers--Certification.

Personal trainers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London,UK : Bloomsbury Sport, [2018]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 nutrition chapter to reflect current thinking and 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 programmes to clients. This guide contains practical tips for designing a range of appropriate client exercise programmes but always with a focus 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.

Contents:

Introduction

Part One: The Foundations of Personal Training

Chapter 1. Professional practice

Chapter 2. Reflective practice and professional development

Part Two: Plan Exercise Programmes

Chapter 3. Collect and review client information

Chapter 4. Programme design

Part Three: Deliver Exercise Programmes

5. How to teach and adapt exercises

Chapter 6. Instructing

Part Four: Manage Exercise Programmes

Chapter 7. Review and adapt programmes

Chapter 8. Training methods

Part Five: Working With Special Populations

Chapter 9. Musculoskeletal system

Chapter 10. Exercise guidelines

Part Six: Nutrition, Exercise and Weight

Chapter 11. Digestive system and nutrients

Chapter 12. Healthy eating Chapter 13. Analysing nutritional information

Part Seven: Health and Safety in Practice

Chapter 14. Health, safety and welfare Chapter 15. Protection of children and the vulnerable

Chapter 16. Risk assessing, injuries, illness and emergencies

Part Eight: Sales and Marketing in Practice

Chapter 17. Marketing in practice

Chapter 18. Selling in practice

Chapter 19. Practical financial management.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781472953605

1472953606

9781472953629

1472953622