Author: American College of Sports Medicine
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: book, fitness, acsm
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2003-04-21
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 073604406X
ISBN-13: 9780736044066
Start where you arethen go wherever your goals take you! The fitness experts from the American College of Sports Medicine have put together a comprehensive plan for developing a personal fitness program and sticking with it. ACSM Fitness Book includes a simple and scientifically proven fitness test to determine your starting point and monitor your ongoing progress. The book includes step-by-step instructions; sample programs; and insights on nutrition, weight control, motivation, and overcoming setbacks. Whether your objective is to improve cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, flexib
Author: American College of Sports Medicine
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilki
Keywords: physiology, exercise, advanced, acsm
Number of Pages: 704
Published: 2005-10-01
List price: $110.95
ISBN-10: 0781747260
ISBN-13: 9780781747264
Written by international experts in physiology, exercise physiology, and research, ACSM’s Advanced Exercise Physiology gives students an advanced level of understanding of exercise physiology. It emphasizes the acute and chronic effects of exercise on various physiological systems in adults and the integrative nature of these physiological responses. Chapters detail how different body systems respond to exercise. Systems include nervous, skeletal, muscular, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, metabolic, endocrine, immune, renal, and hematopoietic systems. Additional chapters e
Author: American College of Sports Medicine
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keywords: handbook, calculations, metabolic, acsm
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $30.95
ISBN-10: 0781742382
ISBN-13: 9780781742382
This handbook provides a step-by-step approach to using metabolic equations, from basic math principles to applying the equations to an exercise plan. Chapters focus separately on each equation, provide an easy-to-follow process of solving, and demonstrate the varied uses of the equation in clinical as well as fitness settings. Each chapter includes a set of problems that focus on real-world applications of the equation. Step-by-step problem solution explanations are provided at the end of each chapter. A comprehensive exam at the end of the book tests the reader’s skill in using the equ
Author: American College of Sports Medicine
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keywords: trainer, personal, resources, acsm
Number of Pages: 547
Published: 2006-07-01
List price: $65.95
ISBN-10: 0781790530
ISBN-13: 9780781790536
This valuable resource is the official ACSM preparatory tool for the ACSM Certified Personal Trainer(SM) exam and provides coverage of fitness assessment, exercise prescription, and exercise leadership along with discussions of anatomy and physiology, injury prevention, psychology, emergency techniques, exercise leadership programs, and legal issues. It includes the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) used to improve, maintain, and/or optimize health-related components of physical fitness and performance. The Second Edition is now in full color and includes information on writi
Author: American College of Sports Medicine
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilki
Keywords: prescription, testing, exercise, guidelines, acsm
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2009-02-01
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0781769035
ISBN-13: 9780781769037
The single most internationally read and referenced text in sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness, this manual succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased individuals. This gold-standard text is a convenient, one-stop resource for the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that must be mastered by candidates for all ACSM certifications. Written by international experts in numerous fields, the Eighth Edition is fully compatible with newly released physical activity guidelines from the United States Depa
Authors:Douglas B. McKeag, James Moeller,
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keywords: medicine, sports, care, primary, acsm
Number of Pages: 672
Published: 2007-07-03
List price: $165.00
ISBN-10: 0781770289
ISBN-13: 9780781770286
Written and edited by internationally known experts in primary care sports medicine, this book is the most comprehensive sports medicine reference geared to primary care practitioners. It is the ideal text for physicians studying for the Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine that is now offered in many disciplines including family practice, internal medicine, emergency medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and osteopathic medicine. This revised and updated Second Edition is published in association with the American College of Sports Medicine, and include
Authors:David Swain, Brian Leutholtz,
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Keywords: acsm, guidelines, approach, study, prescription, case, exercise
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2007-05-14
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0736066802
ISBN-13: 9780736066808
You will find no better preparation source for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) certification than the new, second edition of Exercise Prescription: A Case Study Approach to the ACSM Guidelines. Authors David Swain and Brian Leutholtz present a series of case studies to help you translate the ACSM guidelines for exercise prescription into practical knowledge. This second edition of Exercise Prescription utilizes the most up-to-date information published in the seventh edition of the ACSM’s Guidelines to provide an excellent study resource not only for those
