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Advanced personal training : science to practice /

Advanced personal training : science to practice / - ix, 244 pages : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / The components of fitness / Pre-exercise health screening / Lifestyle assessment and behaviour change / Nutrition / Fitness assessment / Fundamental principles of training / Training session design / Long-term training programme design (periodisation) / Warm-up/movement preparation / Cardiorespiratory fitness training / High-intensity interval training / Resistance training / Postural and core training / Cool-down / Recovery from training / Paul Hough -- Simon Penn and Nicola Brown -- Paul Draper -- John Downey -- John Downey -- Simon Penn and Nicola Brown -- Paul Hough -- Paul Hough -- Paul Hough -- Paul Draper -- Paul Hough -- Paul Hough -- Paul Hough -- Simon Penn -- Simon Penn -- Jessica Hill.

Effective fitness instruction and training programme design require an exercise specialist trainer to combine professional experience with strategies underpinned by scientific evidence. This is the first comprehensive fitness instruction and training programme design resource to explore the evidence-base of effective programme design, drawing on cutting-edge scientific research to identify optimum training methods and dispel some common myths around fitness training.

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