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Client-Centered Exercise Prescription Print CE Course 3rd Edition
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Course components can be delivered as printed products or online:
• The text Client-Centered Exercise Prescription, Third Edition
• Study guide
• Continuing education exam
Learning Objectives
• Suggest client support based on client profiling (learning styles and personality styles).
• Describe the role and provide examples of extrinsic motivation and apply motivational techniques that will reinforce intrinsic change to healthy behaviors.
• Explain the principle that exercise modifications and functional progressions personalize the prescription.
• Select a cardiovascular exercise mode and test protocol that are suitable for your client’s age, sex, anticipated mode of exercise, and health and fitness status.
• Identify the strengths, weaknesses, and sources of measurement error of laboratory and field-based body composition assessment tools.
• Select and identify the objectives of appropriate assessments of your client’s muscle balance.
• Identify the resistance training methods that will meet your client’s needs, time constraints, experience, motivation, and level of condition.
Client-Centered Exercise Prescription, Third Edition CE Course combines the science and art of individualized exercise prescription. Students will gain in-depth knowledge and skills to perform activity counseling, design programs, modify exercise, demonstrate exercise, incorporate functionally integrated exercise, prevent injuries, and perform follow-up monitoring for clients with a variety of abilities. Seven models present the skills involved in counseling, prescription, and working with clients. Each model serves as a menu of options for each decision in the prescription process. The client-centered approach covers these areas:
• Activity counseling
• Musculoskeletal exercise design
• Exercise demonstration
• Cardiovascular exercise prescription
• Resistance training prescription
• Muscle balance and flexibility prescription
• Weight management prescription
The accompanying text, Client-Centered Exercise Prescription, Third Edition, offers simulated initial interviews with clients, case studies, exercise prescription worksheets, teaching cues for demonstration, sample sessions, and sample counseling dialogue. Students also gain access to more than 40 reproducible forms included in the text and duplicated in printable format in the web resource that can be shared with clients. Expansive information on exercise prescription for aging adults also offers specific exercise recommendations for this growing demographic
Using reliable field tests, nutrition guidelines, and applied exercise physiology concepts, both current and future professionals will be able to help clients adopt, enjoy, and maintain an active lifestyle.
Audience
A continuing education course for health and fitness instructors, personal trainers, athletic trainers, and strength and conditioning specialists working with a variety of clients.
Book Table of Contents
Part I: Foundations of Client-Centered Exercise Prescription
Chapter 1. Activity Counseling Model
Client-Centered Approach
Step 1: Establish Rapport
Step 2: Gather Information
Step 3: Establish Strategies for Change
Summary
Chapter 2. Client-Centered Motivational Strategies
Stages of Change
Client Profiling
Goal Setting
Motivation and Commitment
Motivation and Adherence
Summary
Chapter 3. Principles of Client-Centered Prescription
Exercise Design and Outcomes
Prescription Guidelines for Health, Fitness, and Performance
Components and Structural Segments of an Exercise Program
Exercise Modifications and Functional Progressions
Biomechanical Principles of Exercise
Summary
Chapter 4. Client-Centered Assessment
Health Screening and Lifestyle Appraisal
Fitness Test Item Selection
Cardiovascular Assessment
Body Composition Assessment
Musculoskeletal Assessment
Flexibility and Muscle Tightness Assessment
Summary
Chapter 5. Exercise Analysis, Design, and Demonstration
Anatomical Analysis of Exercise
Musculoskeletal Exercise Design Model
Client-Centered Exercise Demonstration Model
Summary
Part II: Client-Centered Exercise Prescription
Chapter 6. Client-Centered Cardiovascular Exercise Prescription Model
Step 1: Review Client Needs and Confirm Goals
Step 2: Select Activities and Equipment
Step 3: Select Training Method
Step 4: Set Intensity and Workload
Step 5: Set Volume
Step 6: Design Progression and Monitoring
Step 7: Design Warm-Up and Cool-Down
Summary
Chapter 7. Client-Centered Resistance Training Prescription Model
Specificity of Resistance Training
Matching Prescription to Client Needs
Resistance Training Prescription Model
Summary
Chapter 8. Client-Centered Functionally Integrated Exercise
Functionally Integrated Exercise
Muscle Balance
Mechanisms of Stretch and Flexibility
Role of Fascia
Flexibility Training Methods
Muscle Balance Prescription Model
Summary
Chapter 9. Client-Centered Weight Management Prescription Model
Nutrition Essentials
Energy Expenditure
Energy Sources and Metabolism
Energy Balance
Eating Behaviors
Integrating Activity into Lifestyle
Weight Management Prescription Model
Summary
Part III: Exercise Prescription for Injuries and Older Adults
Chapter 10. Causes and Prevention of Overuse Injuries
Team Approach to Injury Management
Causes of Soft Tissue Injuries
Understanding Soft Tissue Injuries
Overuse Injuries
Exercise Prescription for Injured Clients
Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness
Summary
Chapter 11. Exercise Prescription for Specific Injuries
Plantar Fasciitis
Achilles Tendinitis and Tendinosis
Shin Splints
Patellofemoral Syndrome
Hamstring Strain
Low Back Pain
Rotator Cuff Tendinitis
Lateral Epicondylitis
Summary
Chapter 12. Exercise and Musculoskeletal Conditions in Older Adults
Sarcopenia
Osteoporosis
Osteoarthritis
Musculoskeletal Injury
Summary
Chapter 13. Exercise Prescription for Older Adults
Aging
Benefits of Physical Activity in Older Adults
Transtheoretical Model Applied to Older Adults
Aging Effects and Exercise Training Benefits
Preexercise Screening and Assessment
Exercise Component Guidelines
Functional Exercise Design
Client-Centered Functional Exercise Prescription
Summary
Chapter 14. Functional Mobility and Aging
Early Functional Mobility Limitations
Functional Mobility Classifications
Domains of Functional Mobility
Disablement Process Model
Compensation Strategies
Functional Mobility Screening and Assessment
Functional Mobility Screening Tool
Client-Centered Functional Mobility Prescription
Summary
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