ACSM's Resources for the Personal Trainer

A fantastic resource, better than my Anatomy & Physiology textbook I purchased this book first and foremost to help myself and then hopefully to assist others via personal training. This resource guide is slightly cheaper on Amazon then having to buy through ACSM. Quite frankly, in the anatomy sections of this text, many of the images that show various muscles are far higher quality than the lousy Anatomy & Ph. Will be keeping it for my CPT career. Fantastic resource for all things personal training. From how to assess, evaluate, build rapport with clients, handle emotional barriers, and how to effectively prescribe exercise for special populations. What I love about ACSM is that it opens the door to work with a wide array of people. Instead of just the elite athlete, ACSM personal traine. "It's a textbook" according to Doctor Captain. There is another, more current version coming out but it's not available at the time I ordered. This is a standard hardback text book. Nice illustrations.

Published by the American College of Sports Medicine, this Fifth Edition of ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer is the critical content for those seeking to gain ACSM’s Certified Personal Trainer certification, and those currently practicing.  . This title is now fully aligned to the tenth edition of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, and includes the new pre-participation guidelines, which will be critical for those in the personal trainer field. The science- and evidence-based approach allows the Personal Trainer to transfer knowledge to their clients effectively.   This title continues to recognize the Personal Trainer as a professional in the continuum of creating healthy lifestyles and provides the Personal Trainer with both the tools and scientific evidence to build safe and effective exercise programs for a variety of clients. ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer is the official preparation book for the ACSM Certified Personal TrainerSM examination.   Divided into six distinctly different parts, ranging from an introduction to the profession of personal training to how to run a personal training business, ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer provides coverage of anatomy, exercise physiology, biomechanics, behavior modification, and