Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription 9th Edition Online CE Course With Ebook
Author: Human Kinetics
$159.00 USD
Unit price
/
Unavailable
Online Course With Ebook
$159.00 USD Online Course Without Book
$149.00 USD
Online Course With Print Book
$179.00 USD
$159.00 USD Online Course Without Book
$149.00 USD
Online Course With Print Book
$179.00 USD
This package includes the following:
The course reflects the most recent exercise testing and prescription guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), along with physical activity recommendations from the U.S. government and American Heart Association. It highlights ACSM guidelines for physical activity and exercise testing requirements to consider before beginning exercise programs. Combining important research with practical application of testing and prescription protocols, the ninth edition of the course ebook also features the following:
Finally, turn research into practice by understanding how to design personalized exercise prescription, customized for each client based on individual assessment outcomes. Information on appropriate training methods and programming considerations are presented for each component of fitness.
The study guide includes learning activities, along with an answer key, to help you prepare for the course exam. Once you complete the course and pass the exam, you can print a certificate for continuing education credits.
Learning Objectives
- Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Ninth Edition, ebook
- Online video clips
- Online study guide
- Online continuing education exam
The course reflects the most recent exercise testing and prescription guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), along with physical activity recommendations from the U.S. government and American Heart Association. It highlights ACSM guidelines for physical activity and exercise testing requirements to consider before beginning exercise programs. Combining important research with practical application of testing and prescription protocols, the ninth edition of the course ebook also features the following:
- A new full-color interior to provide more detail and understanding of concepts through photos and figures
- New step-by-step assessment sidebars that make it easy to locate and refer to assessment procedures
- Modern guidelines for usage of current technology to test and monitor physical activity
- Demonstrations of many of the assessments and exercises, provided in 73 video clips
Finally, turn research into practice by understanding how to design personalized exercise prescription, customized for each client based on individual assessment outcomes. Information on appropriate training methods and programming considerations are presented for each component of fitness.
The study guide includes learning activities, along with an answer key, to help you prepare for the course exam. Once you complete the course and pass the exam, you can print a certificate for continuing education credits.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the benefits of regular physical activity related to disease prevention and healthy aging.
- Complete the major components of a health evaluation and use the information from screened clients for exercise testing and participation.
- Implement the principles of physical fitness assessment, prescription, and exercise program design for optimal adherence.
- Assess cardiorespiratory fitness through the use of a graded exercise test and field test data.
- Design an aerobic exercise prescription individualized to meet each client’s goals and interests.
- Determine which test protocol to use for assessing a client’s muscular fitness.
- Modify resistance training programs for novice, intermediate, and advanced weightlifters to optimize the development of muscle strength, muscle endurance, muscle power, or muscle size.
- Explain the differences between the methods of body composition analysis and indicate the guidelines and limitations for each method.
- Design a weight management program that uses weight control principles and design exercise programs for weight loss, weight gain, and body composition change.
- Explain the factors that affect flexibility and assess flexibility according to testing guidelines and testing norms.
- Design a flexibility exercise prescription and low back care program.
- Determine which tests are appropriate for assessing static and dynamic balance and use test results to design training programs to improve balance.