Description
ACSM’s Resources for the Group Exercise Instructor gives you the knowledge and the skills you need to effectively lead group exercise. You’ll learn how to take advantage of group dynamics to improve health and well-being. You’ll also discover how to work with clients with special needs, so that everyone can safely benefit from group exercise. Moreover, the book shows how the skills you’ll gain can easily be adapted to different environments, including gyms, studios, recreational facilities, and clubs.
Developed by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), this book thoroughly prepares you to become an ACSM Certified Group Exercise Instructor. Following an introduction, which includes a profile of a group exercise instructor, the book covers such topics as leadership, class design, legal issues and responsibilities, and exercise science. The book’s accompanying video demonstrates how the techniques discussed in the book are put into practice during an actual group exercise class.
Features
--Take Caution! boxes, throughout each chapter, call attention to information relating to safety or legal concerns.
--Chapter Objectives, in the beginning of each chapter, provide a quick overview of content to be covered.
--Numbered boxes expand on ideas and discussions covered throughout the text.
--Numbered boxes expand on ideas and discussions covered throughout the text.
--Ask the Pro provide quotes and tips from celebrity trainers.
--Recommended Resources provide extra resources/tips on where to find pertinent information.
--Chapter Summary, provided at the end of each chapter, highlights the main points covered in the material.
--Video clips available on thePoint companion website are referenced in the text by an icon.
About the Author(s)
- Grace DeSimone BA, ACSM-CPT, ACSM-GEI
- National Group Fitness Director, Plus One Health Management, New York, NY
Specs
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9781608311965
- Trim Size: 8.375 x 10.875
- Pages: 336
- Pub Date: Nov 1, 2011
- Weight: 1.0
Table of contents
Part I              Introduction to Group Exercise Instruction Chapter 1       Profile of a Group Exercise Instructor: Education, Credentials, Scope, and Responsibilities Chapter 2       Profile of a Group Exercise Participant: Health Screening Tools       Part II             Leadership and Design Chapter 3       Class Design and Programming         Chapter 4       Communication Skills: Adherence and Motivation   Chapter 5       Choreography, Cueing, and Music    Chapter 6       Teaching Your Class Chapter 7       Hospitality and Conflict Resolution Chapter 8       Students with Special Concerns        Chapter 9       Specialty Classes Chapter 10     Legal Issues and Responsibilities  Part III                      Exercise Science for the Group Exercise Instructor Chapter 11     Exercise Physiology Chapter 12     Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Biomechanics Chapter 13     Introduction to Nutrition Appendix A   Sample Job Descriptions Appendix B   ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist Job Task Analysis ACSM's Group Exercise Instructor KSs/JTAs Â
