Fitness Leaders Handbook

• Main Author: Franks, B. Don
• Other Authors: Howley, Edward T. 1943-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Champaign, Ill. Human Kinetics 1989
• Subjects: Physical fitness > Physiological aspects; Physical fitness; Exercise
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 Fitness Leader's Handbook emphasizes the practical aspects of leading fitness classes and provides helpful hints for safe and effective instruction. Written especially for fitness leaders, this outstanding handbook helps you design activi ties and programs with your participants' health and safety in mind. Although the Leader's Handbook can be used alone, it works best in con junction with Health/Fitness Instructor's Handbook and Fitness Facts. Written by renowned fitness experts B. Don Franks and Edward T. Howley, the three handbooks provide health/fitness program administrators a coordinated set of resources to enhance fitness instruction. Health/Fitness Instructor's Handbook is for advanced fitness instructors and supervisors. includes all the competencies for the ACSM health/fitness instructor certification and has been used by many to prepare for that examination. •Fitness Leader's Handbook is for the exercise leader who may have little formal training, but is responsible for leading safe and effective fitness classes. The "how tos" are emphasized over the "whys" to provide leaders the information they need for effective instruction. This book contains all of the practical competencies for the ACSM exercise leader/aerobics certification and for other exercise/aerobics/fitness organizations' certifications. •Fitness Facts: The Healthy Living Handbook is especially useful for partici pants in fitness classes. It expresses the information from the instructor and leader texts in everyday language. Each handbook can be used alone for its specific purpose, but supervisors of fitness programs in commercial fitness centers, the workplace, YMCAS, and universities will find the greatest value in using these books as a coordinated set. Instructors preparing for ACSM, AFAA, IDEA, or any other fitness instructor certification will discover these handbooks to be indispensable. The handbooks also offer excellent reviews for the thousands of instructors who already are certified as instructors or leaders.