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ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing
and Prescription, Eighth Edition
American College of Sports Medicine
February 2009 / 366 pp./ illustrations/ 978-0-7817-6903-7
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Images Collection
•PowerPoint Slides
•Test Generator
•Full Text Online
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Concise format to easily find a guideline, a brief explanation
specific reference.
•Represents the fundamental knowledge that must be
mastered by candidates applying for ACSM certifications
•Includes a complete listing of the knowledge, skills and
abilities (KSAs) necessary to pass ACSM certifications
•Contains current clinical practices and state-of-the-art,
research-based recommendations
•Use of the "FITT" (frequency, intensity, time, type) framework
throughout
•Assessments of muscular strength and endurance for older
adults, coronary prone individuals, children and adolescents
ACSM’s Resource Manual for Guidelines
for Exercise Testing and Prescription,
Sixth Edition
American College of Sports Medicine
February 2009 / 784 pp./ 325 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-6906-8
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Images Collection
•PowerPoint Slides
•Test Generator
•Full Text Online
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Covers both the clinical and health/fitness topics addressed
on the ACSM certification exams
•Information on enhanced muscular fitness and resistance
training
•Listing of KSA content areas covered in each chapter
•Chapter organization that matches the Eighth Edition of
ACSM's Guidelines to help reinforce learning and retention of
key concepts and content Summary at the end of each
chapter
•Selected Readings for Further Study
•Recommended websites for more information
ACSM’s Certification Review, Third
Edition
American College of Sports Medicine
February 2009 / 400 pp./ 22 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-6901-3
Features:
•Outline format review for each chapter
•Certification-type review questions at the end of each
chapter
•Answers are provided at the end of each chapter
•Content is based on the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
(KSA) found in the ACSM Guidelines for Exercise Testing and
Prescription 8E
•Two comprehensive practice exams at the end of the
book:
•Certified Health Fitness Specialist
•Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist
•Answers to practice exam provided
ACSM’s Resources for Clinical Exercise
Physiology
American College of Sports Medicine
February 2009 / 368 pp./ 20 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-6870-2
Features:
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Interactive Quizzes
•Covers a wide variety of chronic diseases and disabilities
other than cardiovascular and pulmonary disease
•An extension of two existing ACSM publications:
•ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription
•ACSM's Resource Manual for Exercise Testing and
Prescription
•Many chronic diseases and disabilities addressed reflect the
diverse conditions for which exercise therapy has been shown
to provide benefit
•New section, Clinical Practice Issues for the RCEP, with four
new chapters:
•Evolution of the Clinical Exercise Physiologist
•Client Referral and Consulting Relations with Allied
Professions
•Demonstrating Functional Outcomes for Health and
Fitness
•Legal and Ethical Considerations
•Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) that correspond with
the ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist (RCEP)
registry exam
ACSM’s Health-Related Physical Fitness
Assessment Manual, Third Edition
American College of Sports Medicine
June 2009 / 230 pp./ 52 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-9771-9
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Images Collection
•Tables Collection
•PowerPoint Slides
•Test Generator
•Full Text Online
•Updated references to ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing
and Prescription, Eighth Edition
•New material on physical activity assessments,
considerations for medication usage, and common
measurement errors
•Covers over 50 assessments of all five health-related
components of physical fitness (cardio-respiratory fitness,
body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance,
and flexibility)
•A practical and applied approach, in cookbook style, allows
the reader to easily understand and perform the assessments
•Illustrations show proper techniques of physical fitness tests
•Tables contain step-by-step instructions for performing tests
•Coverage of the decision-making process for choosing the
appropriate assessment depending on the fitness level
•Reported errors associated with each test
•Practice problems with solutions
•Laboratories exercises
ACSM’s Resources for the Personal
Trainer, Third Edition
American College of Sports Medicine
October 2009 / 544 pp./ 184 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-9772-6
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint Slides
•Lesson Plans
•Test Generator
•Image Collection
•Full Text Online
•Updated references to ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing
and Prescription, Eighth Edition
•Covers areas necessary for personal trainers to master:
•Exercise Physiology and Related Exercise Science
Principles
•Exercise Prescription and Programming
•Human Behavior and Behavior Modification
•Health Appraisal
•Fitness Exercise Testing
•Safety, Injury Prevention, and Emergency Procedures
•Nutrition and Weight Management
•Program Administration
•Clinical and Medical Considerations
•Coverage of core tasks of the personal trainer
•Includes a complete listing of the knowledge, skills and
abilities (KSAs) necessary to pass ACSM personal trainer
certification
•Tables and charts offer crucial information in easy-to-use
format
ACSM’s Introduction to Exercise
Science
American College of Sports Medicine
February 2010 / 512 pp./ 203 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-7811-4
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint Slides
•Test Generator
•Image Collection
•Full Text Online
Student Resources:
•Interviews with prominent exercise science professionals are
featured within the chapters; these individuals provide helpful
insight into proper preparation for developing a successful
professional career
•Thinking Critically boxes throughout the chapters help
facilitate discussion and deeper application of concepts
•Key Terms are highlighted in boxes on each page spread
and bolded in the text, helping students to identify
immediately terminology that may be new or unfamiliar
•Chapter Objectives highlight concepts of importance
•Review Questions provide a brief review of the material
covered
•Written by the ACSM
•Full Text Online
•Flashcards of Key Terms
•Answers to Review Questions
Exercise Physiology: Integration of Theory
and Practical Applications
William Kraemer, PhD, FACSM; Steven Fleck, PhD, FACSM; Michael Deschenes, PhD
February 2011/ 608 pp./ 235 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-8351-4
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint Slides
•Test Generator
•Image Collection
•WebCT/BB Cartridges
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Animations
•Quiz Bank
•Introduction, a few paragraphs at the beginning of each
chapter, describes what will be covered in the chapter and
provides an introduction to the content.
•Did You Know? boxes provide additional interesting
information about concepts presented in the text
•An Expert View boxes provide topical information from a
real-world perspective of an expert who deal with the specific
issue(s) in his or her daily environment
•Practical Questions from Students boxes answer questions
frequently asked of the authors by their students
•Applying Research boxes present current research,
controversies, or theories for discussion
•Quick Review boxes contain short, bulleted content
summaries throughout the chapter
•Review Questions include fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice,
short answer, critical thinking, and true/false
•Case Studies, usually two per chapter, provide scenarios,
questions to think about, and options/information to consider
when addressing the issues presented
Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition
and Human Performance, Seventh
Edition
William D. McArdle
Frank I. Katch
Victor L. Katch
November 2009 / 1136 pp./ 900 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-9781-8
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint Slides
•Image Collection
•Tables from Book
•Test Generator
•Chapter Objectives
•Additional Appendices
Student Resources:
•Animations
•Quiz bank
•Full Text Online
•Full-color art program improves understanding of key topics
•Animations of key concepts
•"Focus on Research" boxes offer synopses of published
experiments and studies from respected scholars
•"In a Practical Sense" boxes apply theoretical concepts to
practical skills
•Chapter Summaries ensure mastery of the material
presented in each chapter
•Helpful appendices include the latest nutritional information
on the composition of specialty and fast foods, coverage of
the Metric System and Conversion Constants, and energy
expenditure
•Up-to-date references at the end of each chapter for further
study
•Interviews with contemporary scientists
•"Integrative Questions" provide open-ended questions that
encourage consideration of complex concepts
Exercise Physiology for Health, Fitness
and Performance, Third Edition
Sharon A. Plowman PhD
Denise L. Smith PhD
2010 / 744 pp./ 428 illustrations/978-0-7817-7976-0
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Instructor's Manual
•Image Collection
•Test Generator
•PowerPoint Presentations
Student Resources:
•Animations
•Quiz Bank
•Practice Worksheets
•Crossword Puzzles
•Laboratory Activities
•Full Text Online
•Coverage of women, children, and the elderly and their
response to exercise is integrated throughout the chapters to
provide a link between theory and real-world application
•Focus on Research boxes highlight new findings in the field
•Focus on Application boxes relate basic concepts or
research findings to situations, concerns, or recommendations
•Clinically Relevant Focus on Application and Focus on
Research boxes to help highlight clinical implications of
exercise physiology research and application
•Exercise Icons and color coding within figures and figure
legends represent specific exercise response patterns
•Passport to the Internet references Web sites
•A Question of Understanding boxes engage active learning
beyond reading
•Learning objectives, chapter summaries, and review
questions enhance the learning experience
Essentials of Exercise Physiology,
Fourth Edition
William D. McArdle
Frank I. Katch
Victor L. Katch
October 2010/ 790 pp./ 475 illustrations/ 978-1-60831-267-2
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Image/Table Bank
•PowerPoint Slides
•Chapter Objectives
•Test Generator
Student Resources:
•Quiz Bank
•Animations
•Full Text Online
•Answers to Questions &
Notes
•Lavishly illustrated throughout with full color graphics and
photos
• 37 Animations of key concepts
•"Close up" boxes presenting real life case scenarios of the
elite athlete and the average person interested in exercising
•"Integrated Workbook" in the margins offers space to take
notes and jot down questions, presents key information to help
reinforce concept, and includes activities to test knowledge
•Thought questions, using a practical application approach,
at the end of each chapter help hone problem-solving skills.
•Key terms highlighted within the text
•FYI boxes highlight important information
•Chapter outlines, learning objectives and summaries help
students focus on and retain the crucial topics
•Selected References are at the end of each chapter
•Helpful appendices
•Related websites offer students a place to look for more
information
ACSM’s Advanced Exercise Physiology
American College of Sports Medicine
2005 / 704 pp./ 300 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-4726-4
Features:
New Edition
Publishing
Fall 2011!
Instructor Resources:
•Live Advise
•Image bank
•Written by international experts with representative expertise
in physiology, exercise physiology, and research
•Organized by chapters according to the responses of the
various physiological systems (nervous, respiratory,
cardiovascular, metabolic, etc.) and by responses of select
systems to various environmental conditions (heat, cold,
microgravity)
•Milestones of Discovery which are one or two pages
devoted to classical or memorable experiments in exercise
physiology
•Chapters devoted to the exercise physiology of the past as
well as the future
Exercise for Special Populations
Peggie Williamson
April 2010 / 448 pp./ 150 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-9779-5
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint Slides
•Test Generator
•Answers to Thinking
Critically questions
•Full Text Online
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Exercise Handouts
•Appendices
•Sample Exercise Sections provide examples of exercises
suitable for a given population, and show pictures of starting
and ending positions as well as give step-by-step instructions
on how to perform the exercise
•Case Studies are short real-world scenarios followed by
questions that require readers to assimilate information given
in the text.
•Thinking Critically Questions are designed to stimulate
thought and evaluate basic understanding of key points in the
chapter
•Quick References provide exercise tips and things to avoid
which exercising, specific to appropriate special population.
•Definition Boxes define difficult terminology.
•Highlight Boxes offer additional information on topics related
to those presented in the book
The Exercise Professional’s Guide to
Optimizing Health: Strategies for Preventing
and Reducing Chronic Disease
Jeffrey L. Roitman; Tom LaFontaine
February 2011/ 304 pp./ 74 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-7548-9
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Images Collection
•PowerPoint Slides
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine
•Abbreviations list on the chapter opener highlights the
terms/abbreviations used throughout the chapter
•Introduction paragraph explains the purpose of the chapter
and what material will be presented
•Box (title TBD) provides extra information about topics
presented in the text
•Key Point boxes reinforce important information presented in
the text
•Optimize boxes highlight information that helps define and
explain the optimal healthy lifestyle, behaviors,
measurements, etc.
•Digging Deeper sections provide more in-depth information
about a specific topic that is relevant to the information
presented in the chapter
•Significant Research sections describe important research in
the literature and describe/explain why it is applicable,
important, and worth reading.
Exercise for Older Adults,
Second Edition
American Council on Exercise
Distributed by LWW 2009 / 291 pp./ 978-1-585189-27-8
Features:
•Four full-body workouts using variety of equipment ranging
from household items to resistance machines
•Detailed discussion of strength training
•Motivation techniques specific to older adults
•Exercise leadership and programming guidelines
•Advice on how to modify exercise programs to meet special
needs
•Appendix with various functional ability tests
•Pre-exercise fitness assessment
ECG Interpretation for the Clinical
Exercise Physiologist
Christopher Dunbar
Barry Saul
January 2009 / 656 pp./ 260 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-7037-8
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Practice Quizzes
•Answers to Practice
Quizzes
•Image Collection
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Practice Quizzes
•Answers to Practice
Quizzes
•Clinical vignettes beginning each chapter underscore why
the chapter is essential for clinical exercise physiologists and
exercise science students.
•Clinical vignettes revisited at the end of the chapter
demonstrate how to apply new knowledge to effectively
interpret ECG's and work with clients.
•KSA icons alert readers to ACSM exam topics
•Actual patient cardiograms help students review and
practice their ECG interpretation skills.
•Figures are mostly derived from real patients' ECGs and have
been honed over several years of use in teaching
electrocardiography in an exercise science program
•Quizzes at the end of each chapter help readers assess their
understanding of key concepts.
The Only EKG Book You’ll Ever Need,
Sixth Edition
Malcolm S. Thaler
August 2009 / 352 pp./ 283 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-7315-7
Features:
•Expanded coverage of important topics such as the long
QT syndrome and sudden cardiac death
•Added topic: Brudgada Syndrome
•200 facsimiles of EKG strips
•Clinical examples to help student get a sense of the
clinical use of EKG
•Numerous case studies
Student Resources:
•Quiz bank
•Image collection
•Full Text online
Instructor Resources:
•Image bank
•Test generator
Applied Sports Medicine for Coaches
James Johnson
Esther Haskvitz
Barbara Brehm
October 2008 / 384 pp./ 205 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-6549-7
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint slides
•Image Collection
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Sports medicine book written specifically for coaches and
coaching students
•Case studies offer a description of an athlete who sustains an
injury or develops a health problem related to the chapter
topic.
•From the athletic training room boxes offer additional
scientific background to strengthen understanding of key
topics.
•Focus point boxes set forth anecdotes, brief cases, hot
topics, and current debates that extend and build upon the
text.
•Line drawings illustrate anatomical and biomechanical
concepts
Ethics of Sports and Athletics
Robert Schneider
October 2008 / 400 pp./ 56 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-8791-8
Features:
•Mini case studies, with open-ended questions, hone skills for
making good moral decisions.
•Lighthearted cartoons reinforce learned moral concepts and
develop decision-making skills.
•Ethical terms found in text boxes in each chapter, keep the
reader on track with key terms and their definitions.
•Decision-making models form the foundation to solving
ethical dilemmas.
•Case studies at the end of each chapter explore several
sport issues and underscore presented reasoning models.
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint slides
•Test Generator
•Image Collection
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
Stretching for Functional Flexibility
Phil Armiger
Michael Martyn
January 2009 / 464 pp./ 304 illustrations/978-0-7817-6792-7
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Image Collection
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Clear, accurate, drawings represent not only the relevant
anatomy, but clearly depict the positions necessary to
perform the individual stretches
•Detailed illustrations of the target muscle under stretch
•Basic and Special stretching programs (in different
increments of length) offer series of stretches to recommend
to patients and clients
•Caution boxes present special things to consider in order to
avoid injury
•Discussion of the use of flexibility exercises to combat the
aches and pains
•Guide to help choose which muscles to stretch, and which
to de-emphasize or leave alone completely
Risk Management for Health/Fitness
Professionals: Legal Issues and
Strategies
JoAnn Eickhoff-Shemek
David Herbert
Daniel Connaughton
October 2008 / 656 pp./ 260 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-7037-8
Features:
Instructor and
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Forms from the book
•Sample forms such as waivers, informed consents, and
incident reports to help students understand how to protect
themselves and their organization from legal liability
•Tables and figures to help illustrate important legal and risk
management concepts
•"Put into Practice" checklists to reinforce learning and help
develop a comprehensive risk management plan
•Risk Management Assignments to teach the action steps for
providing a reasonably safer program and environment for
participants
•A Risk Management Pyramid summarizing the text and
highlighting seven lines of defense to protect the reader and
their organization from negligence
Sports and Exercise Nutrition,
Third Edition
William D. McArdle
Frank I. Katch
Victor L. Katch
March 2008 / 656 pp./ 260 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-7037-8
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint slides
•Test Generator
•Image and Table
Collection
Student Resources:
•Quiz bank
•Appendices from the
book
•Test Your Knowledge questions lists ten true/false questions
related to the chapter content at the beginning of each
chapter
•Case Study/Personal Health and Exercise Nutrition boxes
provides a case study with critical thinking questions and
corresponding answers
•Section Summaries help reinforce and review key concepts
•Current information on topics of interest to the public
including nutritional supplements, eating disorders, Healthy
Eating Index , food labeling, MyPyramid, and obesity.
•Introductory section outlines the historical precedent for
nutrition to help strengthen and ground field knowledge
•Full color art program with numerous illustrations and tables
to keep students stimulated and to enhance learning
Essentials of Research Methods in
Health, Physical Education, Exercise
Science, and Recreation, Third Edition
Kris E. Berg EdD
Richard W. Latin
2007 / 332 pp./ 56 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-7036-1
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint Presentations
•How to Access Instructor
Content
•Additional useful assessment and application tips
•Numerous informative examples from health, physical
education, exercise science, and recreation disciplines that
illustrate key concepts, topics, and terms
•Statistics chapters feature exercises that can be solved
manually and/or by computer. Answers are provided in an
appendix
•Summary, Learning Activities, and Exercises at the end of
each chapter reinforce the material and offer additional
study tools
•Key concepts listed at the beginning of each chapter show
importance of topic, making for study that is more efficient
and review
•Appendices provide useful reference material and study
tools including answers to expanded statistics problems and
data sets, tables, answers to review questions, plus sample
letters and forms
Biomechanical Basis of Human
Movement, Third Edition
Joseph Hamill PhD
Kathleen M. Knutzen Phd
February 2008 / 512 pp./ 695 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-9128-1
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Image bank
•PowerPoint slides
•Answers to study
questions from the book
•Test Generator
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Student Quizzes
•New coverage of physical activity and bone formation,
osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, factors influencing force and
velocity development in the muscle, and the effect of training
on muscle activation
•MaxTRAQ motion analysis software: an easy to use tool to
track data and analyze various motions
•The MaxTRAQ software includes:
•Video clips of a variety of motions
•2D Manual tracking
•Coverage of distance and angles
•Graphs and charts
•Focuses on movement patterns of muscle groups
•Section on functional anatomy important for understanding
biomechanics
•Basic mathematics information
•True/false, multiple choice, and short answer questions
•Quick reference appendices present information units of
measurement, a review of trigonometric functions, and
provide hands-on data
ACSM’s Metabolic Calculations
Handbook
American College of Sports Medicine
2006 / 128 pp./ 5 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-4238-2
Features:
•A set of problems is provided in each chapter
•Step-by-step problem solution explanations are provided at
the end of each chapter
•A review of math skills and basic algebraic solutions are
presented throughout the text
•Problems focus on the real world application of the
equations and show how they become a useful tool for the
practitioner
•Chapters contain a table format test that forces the reader
to use the equation in every manner that can be done
•A comprehensive exam is included which serves as a good
index of ability in using the equations
Conditioning for Strength and Human
Performance
T. Jeff Chandler EdD, CSCS*D, NSCA-CPT, FNSCA, FACSM
Lee E. Brown EdD, CSCS*D, FNSCA, FACSM
2007 / 488 pp./ 350 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-4594-9
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Full Text Online
•PowerPoint Presentations
•Image Bank
•Case Studies
•Lab Assignments
•Test Generator
Student Resources:
•Case Studies
•Lab Assignments
•Question Bank with Video
•Practice Exam
•“Maxing Out” boxes at the end of each chapter are casebased activities consisting of questions and answers based on
real-life scenarios
•“Key Points” are highlighted in boxes to summarize the main
concepts in the preceding section
•“Real World Application” boxes contain analogies or
metaphors that link theoretical concepts to practical
applications or practical tips
•“Q & A from the Field” is a simulated "ask-the-expert" column
with questions from the point of view of a professional
•Case Examples walk students through the design and
implementation of a program. They each contain:
•Background
•Recommendations/Consideration
•Implementation
•Results
NASM Essentials of Sports Performance
Training
National Academy of Sports Medicine
October 2009 / 576 pp./ 317 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-6803-0
Features:
Student Resources:
Quiz bank
Lab-based Activities
Full Text Online
Instructor Resources:
Image bank
Test generator
PowerPoint slides
Lab Activities answers
•Full-color illustrations and photographs demonstrate
concepts and techniques
•Coverage of more than 400 exercises in the categories of
flexibility, core, balance, plyometrics, speed, agility, quickness,
and resistance training.
•More than 30 different performance assessments measuring
movement efficiency, stability, strength, muscular endurance,
speed, agility quickness and power.
•Exercise boxes demonstrate core exercise to use with clients
and detail the area of focus and repetitions.
•Muscle boxes show detailed illustrations of isolated muscles
and origin, insertion, and function.
•“Time Out” callouts emphasize core concepts, findings from
contemporary research, and program design instructions.
•End of chapter summaries offer chapter highlights
•Detailed exercise photos that show proper execution and
progression variety
•Accompanying Study Guide available (978-1-60547-912-5)
NASM Essentials of Corrective Exercise
Training
National Academy of Sports Medicine
October 2010 / 576 pp./ 530 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-6802-0
Features:
Student Resources:
•Quiz bank
•Full Text Online
Instructor Resources:
•Image bank
•Test generator
•PowerPoint slides
•Full-color illustrations and photographs demonstrate
concepts and techniques
•Systematic, practical approach to corrective exercise, with
step-by-step guides to assessment and application of
appropriate corrective exercise programs.
•Definitions of Key Terms in the margins, with key terms bolded
within the text
•Getting Your Facts Straight boxes emphasize key concepts
and findings from current research.
•Movement Assessment sections discuss the purpose and
procedures of various techniques that can be used in
corrective exercise.
•Accompanying Study Guide available (978-1-6083-1714-1 )
NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness
Training, Fourth Edition
National Academy of Sports Medicine
April 2011/ 704pps/ 700 illus/ 978-1-60831-281-8
Features:
Instructor Resources
•PowerPoint slides
•Test Generator
•Image bank
•Lesson Plans
•OPT for Fitness Form
•OPT for Performance Form
•WebCT/BB cartridges
Student Resources
•Full Text Online
•OPT for Fitness Form
•OPT for Performance Form
• NEW! Bioenergetics chapter
• NEW! Exercise Modalities chapter
• NEW! Thoroughly updated chapters about Behavior Modification
and Professional Development
• Full-color illustrations and photographs demonstrate concepts and
techniques.
• Exercise color coding maps each exercise movement to the
specific phase on the OPT model.
• Stretch Your Knowledge boxes present findings from contemporary
research to help expand your knowledge of the material
• Exercise boxes demonstrate core exercises to use with clients
• Safety Tips/Technique Tips provide important safety considerations,
warnings, or cautions and notes about proper exercise technique
• Memory Joggers call out core concepts and program design
instructions
• Summaries wrap up each section and remind you of critical
material
• Review Questions test your knowledge of the chapter (answer key
provided as an appendix)
• Learning Objectives offer a framework for the concepts presented
in the chapter
• Key Terms bolded in the text and defined in the margins for easy
memorization/comprehension
Coaching Psychology Manual
Margaret Moore
Bob Tschannen-Moran
April 2009 / 224 pp./ 40 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-7262-4
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Image Collection
Student Resources:
•Full Text Online
•Comprehensive guide to wellness coaching complete with
specific examples and scenarios
•Published in cooperation with American College of Sports
Medicine
•Excerpts from conversations and published materials offer
additional insights and perspectives on effective coaching
practices.
•Important! boxes draw attention to must-know information
that helps the reader facilitate productive and powerful client
sessions.
•Don't forget... boxes highlight critical points to keep in mind
while building relationships with clients.
•Review and discussion topics give readers a chance to
practice the concepts in the chapter.
The Health Professional’s Guide to
Dietary Supplements
Shawn M. Talbott PhD
Kerry Hughes MSc
2006 / 525 pp./ 978-0-7817-4672-4
Features:
•Each supplement entry includes the following items:
•Star Rating ranks the supplement from one to five stars
based on the level of scientific substantiation for each of
its major claimed effects
•Overview offers a brief summary of the supplement: its
uses and how it work
•Comments provide the author's insight on the use of
each supplement
•Scientific Support recaps the findings of recent clinical
studies
•Safety/Dosage highlights crucial safety issues and sets
forth recommended dosages for particular effects
•References guide students to all the sources the author
consulted
•Appendix lists all the supplements with their star ratings in
alphabetical order for quick reference
Exercise Testing and Prescription for
Special Cases: Theoretical Basis and
Clinical Application, Third Edition
James S. Skinner PhD
2005 / 418 pp./ 60 illustrations/ 978-0-7817-4113-2
Features:
•Examines the relationship of exercise testing and prescription
to special health states, through discussion of the limitations
that these diseases and body conditions impose
•Fully revised and updated content which reflects the latest
trends and topics in the field
•Up-to-date artwork and tables aid in reading and
comprehension of information
•Testing and prescription information for the general
population
•New chapters on:
•Muscle strength and endurance
•Adherence and compliance to exercise programs
•Effectiveness of exercise programs
•Cost effectiveness of exercise programs
•Cancer
•Mental retardation
•Summary Points conclude each chapter to highlight key
concepts
•Recommended web sites for further study of a topic
Foundations of Exercise Science
Gary Kamen BS, MS, PhD
2001 / 352 pp./ 200 illustrations/ 978-0-683-04498-0
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint Presentations
•Image Bank
•Contributor List
•How to access Instructor
Resources
•Complete references and applications to other biological
science fields necessary for understanding exercise science
including biochemistry, biomedical engineering, exercise
immunology
•Contributions of 11 leaders in the exercise science fields
•Numbered chapter summaries help students make sure they
understand the information covered in each chapter
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Stanley P. Brown PhD, FACSM
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