Health/Fitness Instructor's Handbook

The Health/Fitness Instructor's Handbook is the latest, most complete source of fitness information for beginning instruc tors and professionals who want to keep abreast of the ad vances in physical fitness. Authors Edward T. Howley and B. Don Franks team up with seven contributors to cover the...

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Main Author: Howley, Edward T. 1943-
Other Authors: Franks, B. Don
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Champaign, Ill. Human Kinetics Publishers 1986
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Summary:The Health/Fitness Instructor's Handbook is the latest, most complete source of fitness information for beginning instruc tors and professionals who want to keep abreast of the ad vances in physical fitness. Authors Edward T. Howley and B. Don Franks team up with seven contributors to cover the fundamentals of fitness, exercise physiology, and kinesiology, and to provide guidelines for developing safe fitness pro grams. The book includes discussions on stress testing and ECG monitoring, guidelines for evaluating health status and recommending appropriate exercises, and practical forms, tests, activities, and charts for day-to-day use. The Health/ Fitness Instructor's Handbook is an indispensable resource for any fitness professional. It covers all of the competen cies for the American College of Sports Medicine's Health/Fitness Instructor certification program, and answers questions about exercise, nutrition, and injury prevention.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:xv, 377 pages illustrations 29 cm
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. 357-369.
ISBN:0873220641