Book Description
Health Fitness Instructor’s Handbook, Fourth Edition, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book available for health and fitness professionals who want to learn about the latest advances in physical fitness. It provides the latest information on the fundamentals of fitness, exercise physiology, and biomechanics. Used in the ACSM Health Fitness Instructor Workshops since 1986, it will help you develop meaningful and safe fitness programs, including exercise for special populations. It will also help you prepare for the ACSM Health Fitness Instructor Certification Examination. Expanded and now in full color, this edition has been updated to reflect the 2000 ACSM guidelines and positions, ensuring that test takers–and field users–have current credentials. Also included in this new edition is a new emphasis on the clinical aspects of exercise science. Respected exercise scientists Howley and Franks have enhanced the fourth edition with the following features: · Heavier focus on assessment, testing, and calibrating testing equipment for more meaningful programs and to ensure participant safety · Greatly expanded coverage of exercise prescription for special populations–including clients with special needs and health conditions, youth, and the elderly · New and reorganized chapters on muscular fitness assessment and guidelines for strength and muscular endurance training · Reprintable forms and checklists that you can easily fit into your own fitness environment or use to construct your own forms · Full-color illustrations and photos · Highlighted research that makes it easy to find new theories and current issues in the field This text is an indispensable reference full of practical advice for every health and fitness student, candidate preparing for the ACSM Health Fitness Instructor Certification Exam, and practicing professional.


Book Info
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville. Text is a current, comprehensive overview on physical fitness. Provides information on the fundamentals of fitness, exercise physiology, and biomechanics. For students, instructors and those preparing for the ACSM Health/Fitness Instructor Certification Exam. Previous edition: c1997. DNLM: Exercise--physiology.


About the Author
Edward T. Howley, PhD, is a professor of exercise science at the University of Tennessee, where he frequently has been honored for his excellence in teaching. He received the university’s Alexander Prize for Teaching and Scholarship in 1999, the College of Education John Tunstall Outstanding Professor Award in 1995 and 1987, the University of Tennessee Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award in 1987, and the George F. Brady Teaching Award in 1979 and 1986. Most recently, he received the Alumni Achievement Award from the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin and the Gatorade Sports Science Institute’s Excellence in Education Award. Howley holds a PhD in physical education from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and certification as a program director from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). He is currently the president of ACSM and has previously served as president of their Southeast Chapter. He has been active in ACSM’s certification committee activities and was an associate editor of the sixth edition of the ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. B. Don Franks received his PhD in exercise science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1967 while working under fitness pioneer T.K. Cureton Jr. He served on the UIUC faculty until 1970 and later taught at Temple University in Philadelphia and at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He was senior program advisor for the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in 1995. Previously, he was professor in and chair of the department of kinesiology at Louisiana State University. Currently, he teaches kinesiology at the University of Maryland at College Park. Franks is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE), and the Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). He is also a former president of AAKPE and the Research Consortium of AAHPERD, where he advocated a health-related approach to physical fitness and helped to develop the first Health-Related Physical Fitness Test. Franks has received many honors, including the AAHPERD Physical Fitness Council Honor Award and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports’ Distinguished Service Award.

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Nutrition, body composition, & weight mgmt, exercise prescription, exercise program considerations, etc.

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About the Authors:

     Edward T. Howley, PhD, is a professor of exercise science at the  University of Tennessee, where he frequently has been honored for his  excellence in teaching. He received the university￯﾿ﾽs Alexander Prize for  Teaching and Scholarship in 1999, the College of Education John Tunstall  Outstanding Professor Award in 1995 and 1987, the University of Tennessee  Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award in 1987, and the George F. Brady Teaching Award in 1979 and 1986. Most recently, he received the  Alumni Achievement Award from the School of Education at the University of  Wisconsin and the Gatorade Sports Science Institute￯﾿ﾽs Excellence in  Education Award.

       Howley holds a PhD in physical education from the University of Wisconsin  at Madison and certification as a program director from the American  College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). He is currently the president of ACSM and has previously served as president of their Southeast Chapter. He has been active in ACSM￯﾿ﾽs certification committee activities and was an  associate editor of the sixth edition of the ACSM￯﾿ﾽs Guidelines for  Exercise Testing and Prescription. 

     B. Don Franks received his PhD in exercise science from the University of  Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1967 while working under fitness pioneer T.K. Cureton Jr. He served on the UIUC faculty until 1970 and later taught at Temple University in Philadelphia and at the University of  Tennessee at Knoxville. He was senior program advisor for the President￯﾿ﾽs  Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in 1995. Previously, he was professor in and chair of the department of kinesiology at Louisiana State  University. Currently, he teaches kinesiology at the University of Maryland at College Park.

       Franks is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, the  American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE), and the  Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical  Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). He is also a former president of AAKPE and the Research Consortium of AAHPERD, where he advocated a  health-related approach to physical fitness and helped to develop the  first Health-Related Physical Fitness Test. Franks has received many  honors, including the AAHPERD Physical Fitness Council Honor Award and the President￯﾿ﾽs Council on Physical Fitness and Sports￯﾿ﾽ Distinguished Service Award.   

SYNOPSIS

 Health Fitness Instructor￯﾿ﾽs Handbook, Fourth Edition, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book available for health and fitness  professionals who want to learn about the latest advances in physical  fitness.  It provides the latest information on the fundamentals of  fitness, exercise physiology, and biomechanics. Used in the ACSM Health  Fitness Instructor Workshops since 1986, it will help you develop meaningful and safe fitness programs, including exercise for special  populations. It will also help you prepare for the ACSM Health Fitness  Instructor Certification Examination. 

Expanded and now in full color, this edition has been updated to reflect  the 2000 ACSM guidelines and positions, ensuring that test takers-and  field users-have current credentials. Also included in this new edition is a new emphasis on the clinical aspects of exercise science.  Respected exercise scientists Howley and Franks have enhanced the fourth  edition with the following features:  *     Heavier focus on assessment, testing, and calibrating testing  equipment for more meaningful programs and to ensure participant safety  *     Greatly expanded coverage of exercise prescription for special  populations-including clients with special needs and health conditions,     youth, and the elderly  *     New and reorganized chapters on muscular fitness assessment and  guidelines for strength and muscular endurance training  *     Re-printable forms and checklists that you can easily fit into your  own fitness environment or use to construct your own forms  *     Full-color illustrations and photos  *     Highlighted research that makes it easy to find new theories and  current issues in the field  This text is an indispensable reference full of practical advice for every  health and fitness student, candidate preparing for the ACSM Health  Fitness Instructor Certification Exam, and practicing professional.

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