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Synopsis
Designing Flexibility Training Programs is a self-study course that consists of a textbook, an instructional videotape, and an informative study guide. Together, these three resources provide you with an unbeatable instructional package, that will help you design training programs to meet your clients' individual goals.
You will learn how to customize flexibility programs that enhance general fitness, improve athletic performance, or facilitate patients' rehabilitation.
The study guide utilizes a case study approach that enables users to apply learned information to realistic scenarios, thus sharpening program design skills. The course textbook, Michael J. Alter's Science of Flexibility, Second Edition, explores in detail the anatomy and physiology of stretching and the risks and benefits of different stretching techniques. The companion video, Teaching Flexibility, provides practical demonstrations of the central concepts and stretching exercises detailed in the course.
Highlights of these resources include instructions for assessing clients' flexibility needs, illustrations demonstrating how to effectively and safely perform stretches, and guidelines for selecting the best stretching techniques for optimizing range of motion.
Packed with everything from reference tables for selecting range of motion tests and stretching exercises to a flexibility training form for developing programs, Designing Flexibility Training Programs is a comprehensive course featuring all the resources you'll need to learn to assess flexibility and design individualized stretching programs.
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About the Author
A former gymnast, coach, and nationally certified men's gymnastics judge, Michael J. Alter is an expert on the subject of stretching. The first edition of his book, Science of Stretching, as well as the how-to book Sport Stretch, received rave reviews from athletes, coaches, trainers, and sports medicine professionals.
Alter earned his MS in health education from Florida International University in 1976. He taught high school physical education and coached gymnastics for several years prior to his current position in Miami as a high school teacher of history.
Alter has been a guest lecturer at annual meetings across the country, including the 1994 Chiropractic Sports Science Symposium and the 1992 Scientific Meeting of the North American Society of Pediatric Exercise Medicine.
In his leisure time, Alter enjoys bicycling, listening to classical music, working out with weights, and studying sports medicine.
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