Beat your personal best by working the core to becoming a Fitness Trainer

This Australian internationally recognised text has been designed to assist students undertaking the SIS40215 Certificate IV in Fitness qualification, studying to become personal or fitness trainers. The text contains core and elective units to support a range of fitness specialisations.

Fitness Trainer Essentials 3e teaches the basics of fitness and nutrition principles, covers more on functional testing and nutritional assessment and guidelines. With a shift to full colour throughout and an abundance of new and improved images, charts and diagrams, this new edition is the most comprehensive text reflecting current industry standards and practices.

Fitness Trainer Essentials 3e assumes that the reader has acquired the Certificate III in Fitness qualification. Therefore the topics covered in the text by Marchese have not been repeated in this text. Additional review questions are also available to retouch on key points from a Certificate III perspective.

Part 1: Exercise Science in Action
1. Exercise science
2. Long-term exercise planning and programming

Part 2: Client Welfare
3. Motivational psychology
4. Working collaboratively
5. Postural appraisal for low risk participants

Part 3: Training Considerations
6. Nutrition and body composition
7. Plan and deliver personal training
8. Plan and deliver exercise for older clients with managed conditions
9. Plan and deliver exercise for children and young adolescents
10. Aquatic activities for specific population groups

Part 4: Business
11. Business basics

Appendices
A. Adult Pre-exercise Screening Tool
B. Functional movement scoring sheet
C. Informed consent for participation in fitness program
D. Physician referral
E. Personal training agreement
F. Fitness lifestyle questionnaire
G. Fitness assessment preparation
H. Personal training session plan
I. Client screening reflection
J. Professional conduct for ASCTA members

Beat your personal best by working the core to becoming a Fitness Trainer This Australian internationally recognised text has been designed to assist students undertaking the SIS40215 Certificate IV in Fitness qualification, studying to become personal or fitness trainers. The text contains core and elective units to support a range of fitness specialisations. Fitness Trainer Essentials 3e teaches the basics of fitness and nutrition principles, covers more on functional testing and nutritional assessment and guidelines. With a shift to full colour throughout and an abundance of new and improved images, charts and diagrams, this new edition is the most comprehensive text reflecting current industry standards and practices. Fitness Trainer Essentials 3e assumes that the reader has acquired the Certificate III in Fitness qualification. Therefore the topics covered in the text by Marchese have not been repeated in this text. Additional review questions are also available to retouch on key points from a Certificate III perspective. New full colour textbook clearly identifies images for visual learners New activities and visuals aid with understanding key topics and changes in the industry Increased coverage of warmup duration and upper body activities re: soreness, coverage of transfer effect etc ensures students are aware of importance of proper preparation for exercise New content on nutrition reflects current industry standards and scope of practice New and revised content on anatomy and exercise science coverage New content on functional testing Robust Instructor package now including solutions manual, workout templates, customisable PowerPoints, artwork and more to make teaching easier New CourseMate Express website for the student, including quizzes, additional exercises, learning objectives and so much more to reinforce learning A list of objectives at the beginning of each chapter sets out the main concepts and skills to be covered