Foundations of Professional Personal Training + Online Access

Description

Foundations of Professional Personal Training, Second Edition With Web Resource, serves as a road map toward becoming a successful certified personal trainer. Developed and writtenby canfitpro, Canada’s foremost education and certification provider for fitness professionals, this full-color edition of Foundations of Professional Personal Training contains information forbuilding skills, increasing confidence, and preparing for the Personal Training Specialist (PTS) certification with canfitpro.

Reorganized, redesigned, and extensively updated to match the canfitpro certification standards, this second edition includes colorful new artwork and all of the information needed for preparingfor the PTS certification process. The second edition includes the following elements:

• A new web resource with online video to demonstrate exercise and assessment techniques
• New chapters on foundational movement sequences and dynamic assessments
• Color-coded “traffic light” elements that highlight key information for practical application by indicating when to exercise caution (red), think critically (yellow), or put a concept intopractice (green)
• Three client case studies that are developed throughout the book for practice and application of concepts
• Details about canfitpro’s recommendations for optimal health, which integrates physical activity, nutrition, and mental well-being
• Strategies for cultivating the personal trainer–client relationship
• New information regarding exercise and back pain, myofascial slings and their relationship to flexibility, functional movement patterns, and postural assessment

The book is divided into four easy-to-manage parts. Part I presents an overview of the fundamentals of personal training and the personal trainer–client relationship as well as recommendationsfor and components of optimal health. Part II explains the essentials of the human body, including chapters on bioenergetics, the cardiorespiratory system, skeletal and muscular anatomy,flexibility and mobility, and foundational movement. Part III provides thorough guidance on both passive and dynamic assessment of clients. Part IV offers direction on program design anddelivery based on client assessment as well as strategies for recognition and prevention of injury. To aid learning and prepare readers for the certification exam, each chapter includes objectives, asummary, a list of key study terms, and review questions. Readers will also benefit from a glossary, illustrated appendixes organized by muscle group and filled with information on technique for arange of resistance and flexibility exercises, and an appendix of norms for fitness assessments.

Additionally, a new web resource for Foundations of Professional Personal Training, Second Edition, provides readers with further practice opportunities before the PTS exam, featuringvideo clips, printable forms, and other supplemental materials. Thirty-six video clips demonstrate proper technique of various exercises as well as dynamic assessment techniques for identifyingimproper movement patterns or imbalance. The reproducible forms can be printed and used in assessing clients and documenting training sessions. The web resource includes answers to the in-text review questions found throughout the book, which will aid in comprehension and retention. The web resource is at www.HumanKinetics.com/FoundationsOfProfessionalPersonalTraining.

Foundations of Professional Personal Training, Second Edition, prepares new and prospective personal trainers for all aspects of their exciting profession. Providing key concepts,guidelines, and considerations, this text is an essential resource for preparation for the PTS exam and for a successful career in personal training. 

Contents

Part I. The Journey Begins 

Chapter 1. Understanding Yourself and Your Client
Kim Lavender, FAHP

• Beginning the Personal Trainer–Client Journey
• Key Qualities of Effective Personal Training Specialists
• Understanding Behaviour Change
• Influencing Exercise Adherence
• Working With Clients
• Learning Aids

Chapter 2. Principles for Optimal Health
Rod Macdonald, BEd, Kim Lavender, FAHP

• Components of Optimal Health 
• Physical Activity for Optimal Health 
• canfitpro’s Recommendations for Optimal Health 
• canfitpro’s Training Principles
• Learning Aids
• Case Studies

Chapter 3. Bioenergetics
Brian Justin, M.Kin, Gregory S. Anderson, PhD 

• Bioenergetics Terminology
• Introduction to the Energy Systems
• Interaction of the Energy Systems
• Oxygen Deficit
• Developing the Energy Systems
• Learning Aids

Chapter 4. Cardiorespiratory Concepts
Gregory S. Anderson, PhD, Brian Justin, M.Kin

• Cardiovascular System
• Respiratory System
• Cardiorespiratory Response to Exercise
• Benefits of Cardiorespiratory Training
• Program Design for Cardiorespiratory Training
• Learning Aids

Chapter 5. Skeletal Anatomy
Gregory S. Anderson, PhD

• Bones
• Parts of the Skeleton
• Joints
• Describing Movement
• Program Design for Bone Health
• Learning Aids

Chapter 6. Muscular Anatomy
Gregory S. Anderson, PhD

• Structure and Function of Skeletal Muscle
• Muscles and Muscle Groups
• Benefits of Resistance Training
• Program Design for Resistance Training 
• Learning Aids

Chapter 7. Flexibility and Mobility Concepts
Chris Frederick, B.PT

• Definition of Flexibility
• Relationship of Flexibility to Overall Fitness
• Mobility and Fascia
• Range of Motion and Joint Mechanics
• Movement, Mobilization, and Flexibility Training
• Program Design for Flexibility Training
• Learning Aids

Chapter 8. Foundational Movement Sequences
Mark Stone, BSc, Rod Macdonald, BEd

• What Is Functional Training?
• Postural Stability and Balance
• Open Chain and Closed Chain Movement
• Biomotor Abilities
• Foundational Movement Sequences
• Learning Aids

Chapter 9. Passive Screening and Assessments
Gregory S. Anderson, PhD, Chad Benson, MSc, Mark Stone, BSc

• Pre-Exercise Screening
• Passive Postural Assessment
• Standard Health Assessment
• Body Composition
• Learning Aids

Chapter 10. Dynamic Assessments
Gregory S. Anderson, PhD, Brian Justin, M.Kin, Chad Benson, MSc

• Dynamic Postural Assessment
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessment
• Muscular Capacity Assessment
• Flexibility Assessment
• Sources of Error in Dynamic Assessments
• Learning Aids

Chapter 11. Program Design Concepts
Rod Macdonald, BEd, Brad Schoenfeld, PhD

• Principles of Program Design
• Client Safety
• Periodization
• Selecting the Right Exercises
• Structuring a Workout
• Adaptability
• Learning Aids

Chapter 12. Designing a Program
Rod Macdonald, BEd, Brad Schoenfeld, PhD

• How to Design a Program
• Applying the Four Elements of Good Program Design
• Balancing the Program
• Modifying Programs
• Sample Program Designs
• Learning Aids

Chapter 13. Delivering a Program
Rod Macdonald, BEd, Brad Schoenfeld, PhD

• Five Steps of Program Delivery
• Program Card
• Training Session
• Learning Aids

Chapter 14. Injury Recognition and Prevention Strategies
Terry Kane, BPHE, BSc

• Understanding Scope of Practice
• Types of Musculoskeletal Injury
• Injury Prevention Strategies
• Learning Aids

Chapter 15. Business of Personal Training
Mike Bates, MBA

• Career Opportunities
• Marketing Your Services
• Selling Your Services
• Maintaining and Building Your Clientele
• Your Professional Image
• Client–Trainer Relationship
• Terminating the Relationship
• Risk Management
• Policies and Procedures
• Learning Aids

Appendix A: Exercises
Appendix B: Stretches
Appendix C: Fitness Norms for Health and Performance
Glossary
References
Index
Contributors
About canfitpro