Personal Training Theory And Practice

Personal Training: Theory and Practice draws together the personal, practical and business skills central to becoming a successful personal trainer in one unique volume. This accessible new book introduces the fundamentals of applied exercise prescription and programme design, as well as advanced concepts such as nutritional intervention, postural analysis and the psychology of behaviour change. It provides authoritative coverage of: · practical aspects of personal training – stability, functional exercise, sport specific training and speed development · all the latest fitness methods · weight loss, diet and nutrition · key business skills including professional conduct, presentation and marketing Personal Training: Theory and Practice is the ideal companion both for those embarking on a career in personal training and for experienced trainers.

Fundamental Personal Training is a full-colored textbook focused on teaching personal trainers the needed skill of body recomposition. This educational manual is backed by science and complemented with years of training experience in the gym trenches. This book strips everything down to its fundamental form, where theory and practice merge, so the personal trainer can properly apply their craft and achieve superior results with clients. Supported by research, this manual has over 1000 references littered throughout to ensure the accuracy and thorough examination of exercise science and its application.This manual offers :Adapted graphs and images to make learning easier.Application and critical-thinking boxes to help think and form conclusions.QR codes that give access to important documents to help your personal training career.Innovative program design guide (PST Model) to help clients achieve their goals.Over 1000 references, cited in the text and provided at the end of every chapter.A full glossary to utilize as a quick resource.Fundamental Personal Training is a comprehensive, thorough text that will force the trainer to think, question, learn and rationally apply exercise and nutrition on their clients. Therefore, the intent with this manual is to improve the personal training industry as a whole and to create a higher standard, more qualified personal trainer.

The ideal handbook for those embarking on a career in personal training as well as experienced trainers looking to develop new skills and stay up-to-date with the latest methods.

Effective fitness instruction and training programme design require an exercise specialist trainer to combine professional experience with strategies underpinned by scientific evidence. This is the first comprehensive fitness instruction and training programme design resource to explore the evidence-base of effective programme design, drawing on cutting-edge scientific research to identify optimum training methods and dispel some common myths around fitness training. Putting clients’ training goals at the centre of the process by focusing on their most common objectives – such as improving general health, enhancing cardiorespiratory fitness, decreasing body fat and increasing muscle mass – this book helps the reader develop a better understanding of the physiological principles at the core of successful programme design. Simple to navigate and full of helpful features – including applied case studies, example training programmes and guides to further reading – it covers a variety of key topics such as: pre-exercise health screening lifestyle and fitness assessment nutrition cardiorespiratory (endurance), resistance and core training recovery from exercise. An essential text for fitness instructors, personal trainers and sport and exercise students, this book provides an invaluable resource for fitness courses, exercise science degree programmes and continued professional development for exercise professionals.

Firmly established as a comprehensive introduction on the topic, this revised 5th edition provides a wide-ranging outline of the major instructional and training concepts, and their relationship to training in practice. The authors have expanded on information relating to the training environment, equipment, strategies and target population, as well as including a completely new section on ethics.Written with the newcomer to the training function in mind, it provides numerous real-life case studies to illustrate the theory. This engaging and practical book is as valuable to those who want to put their training experience into a coherent context, as it is to managers who need to understand the role that training can play.