Client-centered Exercise Prescription - Softcover

""If you want to expand your rapport with clients, and link exercises with client goals, this book is a useful resource."" David Sandler "Fitness Management," May 2006 "It delivers information appropriate for the student learner, but also contains useful knowledge for even the seasoned athletic trainer or physical therapist." Scott H. Grindel, MD "Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise," February 1999 (Review of first edition)

Serving as a reference for personal trainers and health fitness instructors, this title is also useful as a textbook for students studying sport and exercise science. It provides the foundations of client-centred exercise prescription, including: establishing rapport with clients, motivational strategies and ideas for client-centred assessment. It presents step-by-step models for client-centred prescription for cardiovascular conditioning, resistance training, muscle balance and flexibility, and weight management. It also includes special prescription models for injured clients and those with specific medical problems.