Program design for personal trainers : bridging theory into application / Douglas Brooks.
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TextPublication details: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c1998.Description: 328 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 0736000798
- 9780736000796
- Physical fitness -- Planning -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Physical fitness -- Planning -- Case studies
- Personal trainers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Patron and client -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Sports training & coaching
- Fitness & diet
- Computer programming / software engineering
- Teaching skills & techniques
- 613.71
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Originally published: Mammoth Lakes, Calif. : Moves International, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-320) and index.
ch. 1. Ten steps to program design -- ch. 2. Gathering information -- ch. 3. Planning for overall health -- ch. 4. Body's energy systems -- ch. 5. Cardiorespiratory physiology and conditioning -- ch. 6. Measuring exercise intensity -- ch. 7. Physiological basis for muscular fitness -- ch. 8. Neurophysiology of flexibility -- ch. 9. Physiological basis for warm-up and cool-down -- ch. 10. Program planning -- ch. 11. Maintaining gains in fitness -- ch. 12. Interval training and fat utilization -- ch. 13. Periodization -- ch. 14. Reps, sets and loads -- ch. 15. Evaluating resistance training exercises -- ch. 16. Working with minimal equipment -- ch. 17. Flexibility training -- ch. 18. Can you work with special-need clients? -- ch. 19. Guiding clients toward healthy eating habits -- ch. 20. Rationale for responsible nutritional supplementation -- ch. 21. Tenth step.
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