Advanced personal training : science to practice :
Advanced personal training : science to practice : [electronic book] /
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Paul Hough -- The components of fitness / Simon Penn and Nicola Brown -- Pre-exercise health screening / Paul Draper -- Lifestyle assessment and behaviour change / John Downey -- Nutrition / John Downey -- Fitness assessment / Simon Penn and Nicola Brown -- Fundamental principles of training / Paul Hough -- Training session design / Paul Hough -- Long-term training programme design (periodisation) / Paul Hough -- Warm-up/movement preparation / Paul Draper -- Cardiorespiratory fitness training / Paul Hough -- High-intensity interval training / Paul Hough -- Resistance training / Paul Hough -- Postural and core training / Simon Penn -- Cool-down / Simon Penn -- Recovery from training / 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.
9781317408741 9781317408741: £29.99 1317408748 9781315684291 1315684292 9781315684291
Personal trainers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical education and training--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical fitness--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Paul Hough -- The components of fitness / Simon Penn and Nicola Brown -- Pre-exercise health screening / Paul Draper -- Lifestyle assessment and behaviour change / John Downey -- Nutrition / John Downey -- Fitness assessment / Simon Penn and Nicola Brown -- Fundamental principles of training / Paul Hough -- Training session design / Paul Hough -- Long-term training programme design (periodisation) / Paul Hough -- Warm-up/movement preparation / Paul Draper -- Cardiorespiratory fitness training / Paul Hough -- High-intensity interval training / Paul Hough -- Resistance training / Paul Hough -- Postural and core training / Simon Penn -- Cool-down / Simon Penn -- Recovery from training / 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.
9781317408741 9781317408741: £29.99 1317408748 9781315684291 1315684292 9781315684291
Personal trainers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical education and training--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical fitness--Handbooks, manuals, etc.