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The complete guide to personal training / Morc Coulson.

By: Coulson, Morc [author. ].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London, UK ; Dublin, Ireland : Bloomsbury Sport, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Edition: Third edition.Description: 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781399412575 (paperback); 1399412574 (paperback).Subject(s): Physical education and training | Personal trainers | Personal trainers -- Certification -- Great Britain | Be FitDDC classification: 613.7
Contents:
The foundations of personal training -- Professional practice -- Reflective practice and professional development -- Plan exercise programmes -- Collect and review client information -- Programme design -- Deliver exercise programmes -- How to teach and adapt exercises -- Instructing -- Manage exercise programmes -- Review and adapt programmes -- Training methods -- Working with special populations -- Musculoskeletal system --Exercise guidelines for special populations -- Nutrition, exercise and weight -- Digestive system and nutrients -- Healthy eating -- Analysing nutritional information -- Health and safety in practice -- Health, safety and welfare -- Protection of children and the vulnerable -- Risk assessing, injuries, illness and emergencies -- Sales and marketing in practice -- Marketing in practice -- Selling in practice -- Practical financial management.
Summary: A revised and updated third edition of the popular Complete Guide to Personal Training with up-to-date content and new exercises. This is the complete reference guide for anyone working as a personal trainer, or studying to become one, with an in-depth look into the role of the trainer in relation to codes of conduct and client care. This comprehensive book contains practical tips and advice for designing a range of exercise programmes for clients. It also focuses on the best ways to sustain a financially successful personal training business and stand out from the crowd.-- Publisher's description.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A revised and updated third edition of the popular Complete Guide to Personal Training with up-to-date content and new exercises.

This is the complete reference guide for anyone working as a personal trainer, or studying to become one, with an in-depth look into the role of the trainer in relation to codes of conduct and client care. This comprehensive book contains practical tips and advice for designing a range of exercise programmes for clients. It also focuses on the best ways to sustain a financially successful personal training business and stand out from the crowd.

This new third edition includes:

- Brand-new illustrated stretches and exercises
- Advice on training at home or outdoors
- A spotlight on client well-being
- Updated government guidelines, statistics and scientific findings
- Guidance on adapting exercises for disabled or vulnerable clients
- National guidelines for nutrition and weight.

This is essential reading for personal trainers in the health and fitness industry and for those teaching or studying for qualifications in this area.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The foundations of personal training -- Professional practice -- Reflective practice and professional development -- Plan exercise programmes -- Collect and review client information -- Programme design -- Deliver exercise programmes -- How to teach and adapt exercises -- Instructing -- Manage exercise programmes -- Review and adapt programmes -- Training methods -- Working with special populations -- Musculoskeletal system --Exercise guidelines for special populations -- Nutrition, exercise and weight -- Digestive system and nutrients -- Healthy eating -- Analysing nutritional information -- Health and safety in practice -- Health, safety and welfare -- Protection of children and the vulnerable -- Risk assessing, injuries, illness and emergencies -- Sales and marketing in practice -- Marketing in practice -- Selling in practice -- Practical financial management.

A revised and updated third edition of the popular Complete Guide to Personal Training with up-to-date content and new exercises. This is the complete reference guide for anyone working as a personal trainer, or studying to become one, with an in-depth look into the role of the trainer in relation to codes of conduct and client care. This comprehensive book contains practical tips and advice for designing a range of exercise programmes for clients. It also focuses on the best ways to sustain a financially successful personal training business and stand out from the crowd.-- Publisher's description.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • About this book (1)
  • Foreword (3)
  • Introduction (4)
  • Part 1 The Foundations of Personal Training
  • Chapter 1 Professional practice (14)
  • Chapter 2 Reflective practice and professional development (21)
  • Part 2 Plan Exercise Programmes
  • Chapter 3 Collect and review client information (32)
  • Chapter 4 Programme design (100)
  • Part 3 Deliver Exercise Programmes
  • Chapter 5 How to teach and adapt exercises (134)
  • Chapter 6 Instructing (150)
  • Part 4 Manage Exercise Programmes
  • Chapter 7 Review and adapt programmes (160)
  • Chapter 8 Training methods (167)
  • Part 5 Working with Special Populations
  • Chapter 9 Musculoskeletal system (234)
  • Chapter 10 Exercise guidelines for special populations (244)
  • Part 6 Nutrition, Exercise and Weight
  • Chapter 11 Digestive system and nutrients (264)
  • Chapter 12 Healthy eating (281)
  • Chapter 13 Analysing nutritional information (296)
  • Part 7 Health and Safety in Practice
  • Chapter 14 Health, safety and welfare (304)
  • Chapter 15 Protection of children and the vulnerable (308)
  • Chapter 16 Risk assessing] injuries, illness and emergencies (315)
  • Part 8 Sales and Marketing in Practice
  • Chapter 17 Marketing in practice (324)
  • Chapter 18 Selling in practice (350)
  • Chapter 19 Practical financial management (358)
  • Appendices (364)
  • Glossary (369)
  • References (373)
  • Index (377)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Morc Couison is Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Sunderland and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He was Chair of the CPD endorsement panel at Skills Active for many years and is a Level 4 Special CPD course evaluator. He is the author of a number of books including The Fitness instructor's Handbook, The Complete Guide to Teaching Exercise to Special Populations and Practical Fitness Testing (all published by Bloomsbury).