Total Body Beautiful Online CE Exam With Print Book

This package includes the following:

• Total Body Beautiful book
• Online continuing education exam

A woman's mind and body change as she goes through life, and so should her outlook on what it means to be healthy and fit. If you work with women over age 35, you need to provide fitness and wellness advice that's uniquely tailored to their needs to help them look and feel their best. You need Total Body Beautiful.

With combined decades of experience and dozens of fitness certifications and credentials, the expert team of authors, Andrea Orbeck, Desi Bartlett, and Nicole Stuart, have worked with hundreds of women—celebrities, supermodels, stay-at-home moms, professionals, athletes—to develop workout and wellness solutions to stay active and feel good in their own skin, and they can help you do the same. These authors understand the complexities of women's bodies and the changes that occur as women age.

More than an exercise guide, Total Body Beautiful explores the changes that women experience during and after pregnancy, during perimenopause, and during and after menopause. You’ll learn how hormones affect physical and emotional wellness, the effects of exercise on the brain, and how nutrition affects the way a woman looks and feels. You'll find insider tips and client stories from celebrities and clients who the authors have worked with.

You'll get practical and research-backed advice on improving strength, mobility, flexibility, and aerobic fitness. You’ll learn how to choose fitness activities based on client goals and how to adjust activities as life priorities change. With 100 different exercises—spanning yoga, Pilates, and strength exercises—you'll have plenty of options to choose from when creating workouts. There are sample plans for daily and weekly workout schedules, or you can choose from over two dozen predesigned yoga, Pilates, strength and cardio, and combination workouts for instant variety and effectiveness.

After reading the book, certified professionals can take the companion CE exam to earn continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives

• Identify how hormones evolve with age and how they affect muscle mass, body fat, and strength.
• Recognize the four main phases of the menstrual cycle and summarize what happens during each.
• Recognize the six life stages and summarize what happens during each.
• Discuss the role of exercise in mental health and the impact of genetic, biological, and psychosocial factors.
• Demonstrate behaviors and practices that have a positive impact on mental health.
• Differentiate the behaviors associated with the seven emotions.
• Practice behaviors for establishing healthy boundaries.
• Describe breathing exercises that can encourage mindfulness and positive mood management.
• Explain the benefits of yoga and Pilates for full body fitness and mental health.
• Identify ways to change metabolism through strength training and aerobic fitness.
• Name the hormones that directly affect muscle growth.
• Name the areas of the body affected by cardio and summarize the impact on each.
• Summarize the four chronotypes and how to optimize each.
• Demonstrate exercises for yoga, Pilates, resistance training, and cardiovascular exercise.

Audience

Personal trainers, strength and conditioning professionals, and other certified fitness professionals who work with women over age 35.

Foreword by Kate Hudson

Part I. What’s Going On Inside
Chapter 1. Physical Changes    
Chapter 2. Mental Shifts
Chapter 3. Emotional Adjustments

Part II. Fitness Activities and Exercises
Chapter 4. Yoga
Chapter 5. Pilates
Chapter 6. Strength Training and Aerobic Fitness

Part III. Plan for Consistency
Chapter 7. Create Your Plan
Chapter 8. Activity-Specific Workouts
Chapter 9. Combined Workouts

Andrea Orbeck has been credited for sculpting some of the world’s most beautiful bodies, including Julia Roberts, Gigi Hadid, Kimora Lee Simmons, and supermodels Heidi Klum, Karolina Kurkova, and Doutzen Kroes. But it is her work with everyday women that drives her passion as a fitness expert. Orbeck studied kinesiology at the University of Calgary and has expertise in intracellular physiology, postural assessment, and myofascial release therapy. She is certified as a pregnancy fitness specialist by the American Fitness Professionals Association (AFPA) and the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).

Orbeck has been featured in publications such as Departures, Elle, Self, Shape, Glamour, Fitness, Us Weekly, Allure, OK Magazine, LA Confidential, and the Los Angeles Times. She was invited to participate in the 2013 TED Conference to educate attendees on kinetics and ergonomics in their corporate environment. She shares recipes, videos, and other valued advice through social media. Orbeck is the creator and star of the bestselling DVDs Supermodel Sculpt and Pregnancy Sculpt, and she has appeared on major television networks in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Desi Bartlett MS, CPT E-RYT, has been teaching health and wellness for over 25 years. She is a dynamic motivator and widely sought after international presenter and spokesperson. Bartlett earned her bachelor's degree in kinesiology and her master's degree in corporate fitness, and she is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in exercise science. She holds advanced certifications in yoga, personal training, prenatal and postnatal fitness, and group fitness. She is a continuing education provider through Yoga Alliance, the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and the National Council for Certified Personal Trainers. She has worked with the U.S. Navy and several large companies, including Manduka, Gaiam, Equinox, YogaWorks, Mattel, and ConsumerTrack. Over the years, her roster of private clients has included Alicia Silverstone, Adam Levine, Kate Hudson, Shailene Woodley, Emma Roberts, Ashley Tisdale, Yael Cohen, and many more high-profile executives. Bartlett has been featured on networks such as ABC, NBC, FOX, Univision, Hallmark, and Lifetime. She starred in 10 yoga, fitness, and dance DVDs, including Better Belly Yoga, Latin Groove, and Prenatal Yoga, which have been distributed in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. She guides women in a full offering of prenatal and postnatal yoga practices through Beachbody on Demand. She has worked as a product director for Gaiam, group fitness manager for Equinox Santa Monica, and executive and global ambassador for Manduka. She is the author of Your Strong, Sexy Pregnancy, an informative and inspiring guide for pregnancy and beyond.

Nicole Stuart is a top celebrity trainer, actress, and writer based in West Hollywood, California. Trained by Pilates guru Mari Winsor, Stuart practices a creative style of Pilates that blends dance moves, yoga, stretching, and cross-training. She drew from her 14 years of studying various forms of dance, including jazz, modern jazz, ballet, and tap in developing this unique, fun, but challenging workout style. She has celebrity endorsements from Kate Hudson, Ashley Benson, Anna Faris, Tracey Edmonds, and Julia Ormond.

Stuart has appeared in numerous magazines, including People, W Magazine, Redbook, Shape, Us Weekly, InStyle, and Cosmopolitan. She has also appeared with Faith Ford as part of the Mind, Body, Balance web series.