The Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Fitness

The Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Fitness is an invaluable reference manual for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for pregnant women.
The book is packed with practical tips on designing activity programmes, as well as how to apply the correct techniques to over 40 exercises, aided by full colour photos.
This is an up-to-date practical guide to the underpinning theory and includes comprehensive recommended reading for each chapter. Learn about the physiological changes during pregnancy and how this affects exercise programmes, including contra-indications to be considered when working with pregnant clients. Also covered are the required legal and insurance elements.

Morc Coulson is Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Sunderland. He was Chair of the CPD endorsement panel at Skills Active for many years and is a Level 4 Specialist CPD course evaluator. Morc is the author of the Complete Guides to Personal Training, Pregnancy and Fitness and Teaching Exercise to Special Populations, The Fitness Instructor's Handbook, The Advanced Fitness Instructor's Handbook, Practical Fitness Testing and Teaching Exercise to Children.
Sarah Bolitho has worked in the health and fitness sector for 20 years. An expert on health-related activity, she works with a number of organisations and support groups on mental-health conditions such as stress and schizophrenia.

PART ONE: UNDERPINNING KNOWLEDGE
Chapter 1 Introduction to pregnancy
Chapter 2 Common symptoms of pregnancy
Chapter 3 Physiological changes in pregnancy
Chapter 4 Pregnancy and pre-existing medical conditions
Chapter 5 Psychological implications of pregnancy
Chapter 6 Pregnancy and activity
PART TWO: PREPARATION
Chapter 7 Behaviour change
Chapter 8 Goal setting
Chapter 9 Qualities of an instructor
Chapter 10 Instructing styles
Chapter 11 Planning
PART THREE: PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Chapter 12 Components of fitness
Chapter 13 Exercise selection
PART FOUR: THE EXERCISES
Chapter 14 Exercising during pregnancy
Chapter 15 Relaxation during pregnancy
Chapter 16 Postnatal activity
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Movement definitions
Appendix 2 The APGAR test
Appendix 3 Link to screening forms
Appendix 4 Body mass index (BMI)
Glossary
Useful information
Answer section
Index