Your Strong, Sexy Pregnancy Online CE Exam

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• Continuing education exam
• NOTE: The text Your Strong, Sexy Pregnancy is required for successful completion of this exam but is not included in this version. Purchase this version only if you already own the text or ebook.

Consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions, this continuing education exam is designed to be taken after reading Your Strong, Sexy Pregnancy. The exam will test your knowledge of the information presented in the book, so you can apply the concepts to your clients and athletes and pursue continuing education in the process.

Learning Objectives
After reading this book and successfully completing the 50-question multiple-choice exam, you will be able to do the following:

• Identify changes that occur in a woman’s body during each trimester of pregnancy.
• Modify traditional yoga poses to make them safe for pregnancy.
• Identify practices and movements that are contraindicated during pregnancy.
• Understand the modifications for sun salutations during pregnancy.
• Identify the muscles of the inner unit and their basic functions.
• Define diastasis recti and identify rehabilitation exercises for this condition.
• Explain the concept of Three Plus One Total Body Fitness and demonstrate an understanding of each component.
• Identify and differentiate the three main body types.
• Understand basic principles of balanced nutrition.
• Explain the FITT principle and how it applies to pregnancy.
• Recognize the importance of meditation and visualization during pregnancy.
• Explain when and how to return to exercise after having a baby.
• Identify yoga and fitness movements that can be done with your baby.
• Recognize postnatal exercises that help to recover core strength.
• Explain safety and mechanics for lifting babies and exercising with babies.
• Explain the changes that occur in a woman’s body after the age of 40.

Audience

A continuing education course for fitness and yoga instructors, personal trainers, and strength and conditioning coaches.

Desi Bartlett MS, CPT E-RYT, has been teaching health and wellness for over 20 years. She is a dynamic motivator and widely sought after international presenter and spokesperson. Her teaching approach taps into one’s inner joy and makes movement an outer expression of that state.

Originally from Chicago, Bartlett earned a degree in kinesiology, with a minor in dance, and a master’s degree in corporate fitness. She holds advanced certifications in yoga, personal training, pre- and postnatal fitness, and group fitness. She is a continuing education provider through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the National Council for Certified Personal Trainers. She has worked with the U.S. Navy and with several large companies, including Manduka, Gaiam, Equinox, and Mattel.

Bartlett has worked with several celebrity moms in Los Angeles, including Alicia Silverstone and Kate Hudson. Her inspiring and unique classes have been featured on networks such as ABC, NBC, FOX, Univision, Hallmark, and Lifetime. She is passionate about communicating her message of the joy of movement with people all over the world, and her DVDs are distributed in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. She currently stars in eight yoga, fitness, and dance DVDs, including Better Belly Yoga, Latin Groove, and Total Body Tone. She has a diverse background in many areas of fitness and yoga and has worked as a product director for Gaiam and as the group fitness manager for Equinox Santa Monica, and she created the first round yoga mat for Lululemon Athletica. She is currently the head of yoga programming for Manduka.