The Complete Guide to Personal Training

by Morc Coulson

Overview

A complete reference guide for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for personal training clients.

The Complete Guide to Personal Training also covers all of the Level 3 requirements detailed within the Health and Fitness National Occupational Standards and the Qualifications Framework pertaining to personal training, and provides the theoretical underpinning of how to programme appropriate exercise for your clients.

Includes information on:
- The foundations of personal training
- Planning and delivering exercise programmes
- Training methods and exercise techniques – this enhanced epub also contains nine videos of key exercises
- Nutrition
- Health and safety

The book 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 business in this area and how you can stand out from the crowd. It is deal for personal trainers in the health and fitness industry as well as those wishing to undertake qualifications in this area.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408196304
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/09/2014
Series:	Complete Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	65 MB
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About the Author

Morc Coulson is Senior Lecturer and the programme leader of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Sunderland. He is the author of a number of books for fitness professionals including The Fitness Instructor's Handbook, The Complete Guide to Teaching Exercise to Special Populations and Practical Fitness Testing.
Morc Coulson 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 Specialist 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).

Table of Contents

About this book
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
Chapter 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

Appendices
Glossary
References
Index