Morc Coulson

The essential guide to strength and conditioning training for anyone delivering targeted exercise programmes. This guide offers practical tips for planning, delivering and reviewing a range of strength and conditioning exercise programmes suitable for all ages and abilities. Through the participant's development, it focuses on what is needed to improve their performance in areas such as strength, speed, endurance, mobility and movement competency. It includes up-to-date and evidence-based advice on:- Activity selection;- Technique;- Principles of training;- Guidelines for coaching. This is an essential reference for current and prospective coaches from all sporting backgrounds (from grass roots level to elite) as well as strength and conditioning coaches. It is also an ideal addition to all undergraduate and postgraduate sports and health-related exercise courses in schools, colleges and universities.

A revised and updated third edition of the popular Complete Guide to Personal Training with up-to-date content and new exercises. This is the complete reference guide for anyone working as a personal trainer, or studying to become one, with an in-depth look into the role of the trainer in relation to codes of conduct and client care. This comprehensive book contains practical tips and advice for designing a range of exercise programmes for clients. It also focuses on the best ways to sustain a financially successful personal training business and stand out from the crowd. This new third edition includes:- Brand-new illustrated stretches and exercises- Advice on training at home or outdoors- A spotlight on client well-being- Updated government guidelines, statistics and scientific findings- Guidance on adapting exercises for disabled or vulnerable clients- National guidelines for nutrition and weight. This is essential reading for personal trainers in the health and fitness industry and for those teaching or studying for qualifications in this area.

The 4th edition of The Fitness Instructor's Handbook is the essential guide for anyone working in, or wishing to enter, the fitness industry. Packed full of illustrations, exercise photos, case studies, revision questions and sample programmes – this guide covers every aspect of the theory needed to work as a fitness instructor. Clear, concise and accessible, the content is organised with the specific needs of the fitness professional in mind and covers topics such as:– The skeletal system– Muscles and tendons– The energy system– Circulation and respiration– Components of fitness– Safety issues– Customer service– Screening clients– Planning and programme design– Exercise evaluationThis new edition includes advice on how to avoid poor exercise technique that can increase the risk of injury. There is also a brand new section on field protocols for typical health and fitness tests, with guidance on how instructors can standardise them. Other essential updates are also included that reflect changes to the National Occupational Standards for both Level 2 and 3 qualifications. Offering the perfect blend of theory and practice for every aspect of health and fitness, this is the resource you will refer to time and again.

A revised and updated second edition of the popular Complete Guide to Personal Training. Expertly written and suitable for anyone working as, or training to be a Personal Trainer. This is a complete reference guide for fitness professionals who prescribe exercise programmes to clients. This guide contains practical tips for designing a range of appropriate client exercise programmes. Importantly, it focuses on the best ways you can sustain a financially successful business in this area and how you can stand out from the crowd. It includes: - The foundations of personal training - Planning and delivering exercise programmes - Training methods and exercise techniques - Nutrition - Health and safety - Setting up - marketing and growing a successful business. The book also includes all Level 3 requirements detailed within the Health and Fitness National Occupational Standards and the Qualifications Framework relating to personal training and has been awarded 3 CPD points by the Register of Exercise professionals.

A new addition to the tried and trusted Complete Guide series, The Complete Guide to Teaching Exercise to Special Populations isa vital resource for fitness professionals who prescribe exerciseprogrammes to anyone categorised as belonging to a special group .'Special population' covers many of us with a health conditionwhich may mean we need a supervised and well-informed exerciseprogramme. Covering a wide range of conditions from osteoporosis, heartconditions, arthritis and back pain, this book provides supervisedexercise programmes to suit various needs. Comprehensive andinformative, The Complete Guide to Teaching Exercise to Special Populations is packed with clear photographs and diagrams and covers the condition, diagnosis,treatment as well as an array of practical tips for designing activity programmes.

"Teaching Exercise to Children" is for all those individuals who prescribe exercise programmes to children of ages 10-16, in schools, gyms and after-school clubs. The only book on the market to combine both current theoretical and practical aspects, its content is linked to the Health and Fitness National Occupational Standards and the Qualifications Framework requirements for Teaching Exercise and Fitness for Children. The author backs up the theory with multi-skills session plans, which are graded by age and illustrated with photos and clear illustrations. With sections on child development and the legal issues involved in coaching children, this book is the bible for all those studying or already teaching exercise to young people.

This is an indispensible guide for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for clients or groups. Fitness tests are crucial to measure current fitness and then monitor progress to check the effectiveness of a training programme. The theory and practice of fitness testing, in both exercise and sport settings, are covered in a clear and accessible way. The information is fully up to date with current research and population norms, and lots of diagrams and illustrations make the content easy to understand. The content covers all the topics identified in the competency framework for Levels 3 and 4 of the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Instructors within the Health and Fitness Industry. Includes: assessment techniques, sample questions, normal population data, basic measurement and analysis, methods of testing, how to test strength, aerobic endurance, speed and agility, flexibility and power. Written by the authors of The Fitness Instructor's Handbook, and The Advanced Fitness Instructor's Handbook, this is the must-have guide to Fitness Testing for anyone working in fitness or sport.

The Advanced Fitness Instructor's Handbook follows on from The Fitness Instructor's Handbook. It is the first textbook to cover the National Occupational Standards and the Qualifications framework for Level 3 and Level 4 Instructors teaching Exercise and Fitness - required to teach one-on-one, and the standards which gyms are increasingly expecting staff to attain.