The Complete Guide to Personal Training

A complete reference guide for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for personal training clients.
The Complete Guide to Personal Training also covers all of the Level 3 requirements detailed within the Health and Fitness National Occupational Standards and the Qualifications Framework pertaining to personal training, and provides the theoretical underpinning of how to programme appropriate exercise for your clients.
Includes information on:
- The foundations of personal training
- Planning and delivering exercise programmes
- Training methods and exercise techniques - this enhanced epub also contains nine videos of key exercises
- Nutrition
- Health and safety
The book contains practical tips for designing a range of appropriate client exercise programmes but always with a focus on the best ways you can sustain a business in this area and how you can stand out from the crowd. It is deal for personal trainers in the health and fitness industry as well as those wishing to undertake qualifications in this area.

Morc Coulson is Senior Lecturer and the programme leader of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Sunderland. He is the author of a number of books for fitness professionals including The Fitness Instructor's Handbook, The Complete Guide to Teaching Exercise to Special Populations and Practical Fitness Testing.

About this book
Introduction
PART ONE The foundations of personal training
Chapter 1 Professional practice
Chapter 2 Reflective practice and professional development
PART TWO Plan exercise programmes
Chapter 3 Collect and review client information
Chapter 4 Programme design
PART THREE Deliver exercise programmes
Chapter 5 How to teach and adapt exercises
Chapter 6 Instructing
PART FOUR Manage exercise programmes
Chapter 7 Review and adapt programmes
Chapter 8 Training methods
PART FIVE Working with special populations
Chapter 9 Musculoskeletal system
Chapter 10 Exercise guidelines

PART SIX Nutrition, exercise and weight
Chapter 11 Digestive system and nutrients
Chapter 12 Healthy eating
Chapter 13 Analysing nutritional information
PART SEVEN Health and safety in practice
Chapter 14 Health, safety and welfare
Chapter 15 Protection of children and the vulnerable
Chapter 16 Risk assessing, injuries, illness and emergencies
PART EIGHT Sales and marketing in practice
Chapter 17 Marketing in practice
Chapter 18 Selling in practice
Chapter 19 Practical financial management
Appendices
Glossary
References
Index