NOTE: The book Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Ninth Edition, is required for successful completion of this course but is not included with this purchase. Purchase this Online Course Without Book only if you already own the book or ebook.

This package includes the following:

• Online study guide
• Online continuing education exam

This study guide reinforces the content from the book Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Ninth Edition (which is not included with this package). It helps you prepare for the 100-question exam that tests your understanding of the concepts presented.

Once you pass the exam, you can print a certificate for continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the benefits of regular physical activity related to disease prevention and healthy aging.
• Complete the major components of a health evaluation and use the information from screened clients for exercise testing and participation.
• Implement the principles of physical fitness assessment, prescription, and exercise program design for optimal adherence.
• Assess cardiorespiratory fitness through the use of a graded exercise test and field test data.
• Design an aerobic exercise prescription individualized to meet each client’s goals and interests.
• Determine which test protocol to use for assessing a client’s muscular fitness.
• Modify resistance training programs for novice, intermediate, and advanced weightlifters to optimize the development of muscle strength, muscle endurance, muscle power, or muscle size.
• Explain the differences between the methods of body composition analysis and indicate the guidelines and limitations for each method.
• Design a weight management program that uses weight control principles and design exercise programs for weight loss, weight gain, and body composition change.
• Explain the factors that affect flexibility and assess flexibility according to testing guidelines and testing norms.
• Design a flexibility exercise prescription and low back care program.
• Determine which tests are appropriate for assessing static and dynamic balance and use test results to design training programs to improve balance.

Audience

Certified health and fitness instructors, exercise physiologists, personal trainers, and strength and conditioning coaches.