ACSM's Resources for the Personal Trainer

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ACSM's Resources for the Personal Trainer

The sixth edition of ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer equips readers with the latest practices in client screening, exercise program development, and working with special populations. This text is an essential resource for those preparing for the ACSM Certified Personal Trainer (ACSM-CPT) examination, as well as practicing personal trainers who want to take their practice to the next level.

This updated edition is fully aligned with the eleventh edition of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription and includes the following sections:

Introduction to the field and profession of personal training
The science of personal training
Behavior modification
Initial client screening
Developing the Exercise Program
The Business of personal training

The print edition of this title includes access to the digital version of the book, plus related materials such as videos, allowing integrated online access to all content for the title.

Student/individual online resources include: video clips highlighting appropriate assessments and exercises.

Instructor resources include: Lesson plans, PowerPoint lecture outlines, test bank, and image banks. Instructors interested in adopting the new edition of this title can request more information here.

Related Publications

ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription is the flagship title from the American College of Sports Medicine, the prestigious organization that sets the standards for the exercise profession.

This critical handbook delivers scientifically based standards on exercise testing and prescription to the certification candidate, the professional, and the student. This manual gives succinct summaries of recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased patients.