NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008 - Medical - 552 pages

Developed by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), this book is designed to help people prepare for the NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) Certification exam or learn the basic principles of personal training using NASM's Optimum Performance Training (OPT) model. The OPT model presents NASM's protocols for building stabilization, strength, and power.

More than 600 full-color illustrations and photographs demonstrate concepts and techniques. Exercise color coding maps each exercise movement to a specific phase on the OPT model. Exercise boxes demonstrate core exercises and detail the necessary preparation and movement. Other features include research notes, memory joggers, safety tips, and review questions.

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I am attending ATI to be a personal fitness trainer, and our certifications are through NASM. NASM is a great organization and the information is great. The book is very helpful and easy to understand, and with the workbook, DVDs, and online resources there is a variety of ways to study and prepare for the CPT Exam. 

Contents

• FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE: 1
• Basic Exercise Science: 15
• THE STRUCTURE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE: 30
• Review Questions: 36
• RESPIRATORY PASSAGEWAYS: 48
• Human Movement Science: 57
• ASSESSMENTS TRAINING CONCEPTS: 97
• Flexibility Training Concepts: 139
• BENEFITS OF FLEXIBILITY TRAINING: 147
• Piriformis: 153
• Active Gastrocnemius Stretch With Pronation: 159
• Multiplanar Lunge: 165
• Review Questions: 171
• CoreTraining Concepts: 197
• SUMMARY: 203
• SUMMARY: 213
• BalanceTraining Concepts: 219
• Reactive Power Training Concepts: 241
• Designing a ReactiveTraining Program: 255
• SAQ Drills and Programming Strategies: 262
• FILLING IN THE TEMPLATE: 268
• SUMMARY: 276
• SUMMARY: 285
• CHEST EXERCISE DESCRIPTIONS: 291
• SHOULDER EXERCISE DESCRIPTIONS: 301
• Program Design Concepts: 325
• REPETITION TEMPO: 331
• SUMMARY: 337
• STRENGTH: 344
• POWER: 351
• Special Populations: 375
• Nutrition and Body Composition 420: 384
• PROTEININTAKE RECOMMENDATIONS 426: 391
• Negative Side Effects Associated With Chronic: 426
• CARBOHYDRATE AND PERFORMANCE: 432
• Behavior Modification 465: 449
• CAUTION STATEMENTS ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS: 460
• Specific: 468
• Professional Development: 477
• Glossary: 495
• Appendices: 507
• Appendix D BodyComposition Formulas: 515
• AED Automated External Appendix E Percent of One Rep Maximum IRM: 528
• MANUAL VERSUS AUTOMATED Appendix F One Rep Maximum IRM: 534
• AEDS AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS 513: 541

Bibliographic information

• Title: NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training
• Contributors: Micheal A. Clark, Scott Lucett, National Academy of Sports Medicine, Rodney J. Corn
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008
• ISBN: 0781782910, 9780781782913
• Length: 552 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Sports Medicine