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Course components are delivered as printed products or online:
• Strength Training for Fat Loss text
• The Role of Strength Training in Weight Loss webinar
• Study guide
• Continuing education exam
Applying Nick Tumminello’s science-based approach to metabolic strength training, Strength Training for Fat Loss CE Course offers basic, tried-and-true programs for new and experienced professionals alike. This course uses the text Strength Training for Fat Loss to offer 30 workouts and 150 exercises for clients who are constantly looking for innovative ways to lose fat and develop lean muscle. Content focuses on the three Cs of metabolic training—circuits, combinations, and complexes—to accelerate metabolism and maximize fat loss while maintaining and building muscle. In addition, the course includes a one-hour webinar that explains the beneficial effects of strength exercise on body composition, metabolic rate, and resting blood pressure, providing additional insight into the creation of strength training programs for clients that positively affect body composition and assist with weight loss.
An accompanying study guide outlines the course’s learning objectives, helping to focus on the important concepts in the text. The study guide includes a table of contents, course syllabus, key terminology, chapter activities, and a referenced answer key to the study guide.
This self-guided course allows users to work at their own pace and explore the material through a comprehensive text and study guide, finishing with a 75-question exam composed of multiple-choice and true-or-false questions.
Course Objectives
• Identify the health and performance benefits of fat loss through strength training.
• Describe the three main concepts of metabolic strength training and understand how to apply them in workout programs for all levels.
• Learn metabolic strength training exercises using a variety of equipment as well as body weight.
• Understand nutrition concepts to accelerate metabolism for fat loss and how they complement strength training exercise programs.
• Design effective metabolic strength training programs to meet specific goals for fat loss.
• Learn correct positioning and technique for circuit, combination, and complex training routines with weight equipment and body weight.
• Learn proper warm-up and cool-down techniques to use as part of strength training for fat loss.
• Develop progressive, systematic strength training workout programs, which in combination with nutrition recommendations will result in fat loss for beginning and advanced exercisers.
• Understand the science and research related to why strength training should be a vital part of any weight-loss program.
Audience
A continuing education course for personal trainers, strength and conditioning professionals, and health, wellness, and fitness coaches and consultants.
Table of Contents
Course Table of Contents
Part I: Course Syllabus
Course Materials
Course Instructions
Learning Objectives
Part II: Learn and Practice With the Strength Training for Fat Loss Book
Chapter 1. Benefits of Fat Loss
Chapter 2. Strength Training and Fat Loss
Chapter 3. Nutrition for Fat Loss
Chapter 4. Circuits
Chapter 5. Combinations
Chapter 6. Complexes
Chapter 7. Body-Weight Training
Chapter 8. Warm-Ups and Cool-Downs for Fat Loss
Chapter 9. Fat-Loss Workouts
Chapter 10. Fat-Loss Training for Life
Study Guide Answer Key
Part III: Learning With the Role of Strength Exercise in Weight Loss and Wellness Webinar
Webinar Outline
Webinar Study Questions
Webinar Study Questions Answer Key
Part IV: Exam and Evaluation
Exam Instructions
Exam Answer Sheet
Exam
Course Evaluation
Certificate Information
Text Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Benefits of Fat Loss
Chapter 2. Strength Training and Fat Loss
Chapter 3. Nutrition for Fat Loss
Chapter 4. Circuits
Chapter 5. Combinations
Chapter 6. Complexes
Chapter 7. Body-Weight Training
Chapter 8. Warm-Ups and Cool-Downs for Fat Loss
Chapter 9. Fat-Loss Workouts
Chapter 10. Fat-Loss Training for Life
References
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