Methods Of Group Exercise Instruction - Softcover

Kennedy, Carol A.; Yoke, Mary M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 073604907X ISBN 13: 9780736049078

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 2005

Synopsis

Comprehensive, research-based book on leading effective group exercise classes. Includes setting up, teaching progressions, choreography and much more.

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About the Author

Carol A. Kennedy, MS, is a lecturer in the fitness specialist program within the department of kinesiology at Indiana University, Bloomington. During her more than 25 years of teaching and training fitness leaders, she has served on the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) credentialing committees, and she chaired the IDEA Water Fitness Committee.

Certified through ACE as a group fitness instructor and ACSM as a health fitness instructor, Kennedy is a regular presenter at fitness conferences and has produced videos on exercise progression and water exercise. At Indiana University, she created and managed the Recreational Sports Fitness/Wellness Program, which included more than 100 group exercise sessions per week before moving to the department of kinesiology to assist with the creation of the fitness specialist undergraduate major.

Kennedy earned her bachelor’s degree in leisure studies from the University of Illinois, and her master’s degree in exercise and sport science from Colorado State University. She has created and taught a methods of group leadership class at three major universities and continues to teach group exercise classes on a regular basis.

Mary Yoke, MA, MM, has more than 21 years of experience teaching and training group exercise leaders. In addition to leading group exercise classes on a regular basis, she is an adjunct professor at Adelphi University in New York, where she teaches a graduate course in exercise leadership. She is an adjunct board member and master trainer for the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and served on the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) credentialing committee for six years.

Yoke has led seminars for fitness professionals in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. She gives numerous presentations throughout the United States to both fitness professionals and the general public. She is the author of two other books on fitness, as well as three videos.

Holding over 19 certifications from organizations such as the ACSM, AFAA, American Council on Exercise (ACE), National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), and Stott Pilates, Yoke received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Indiana and Florida State Universities, respectively. She then earned a master’s degree in exercise physiology from Adelphi University, where she has authored several research studies on group exercise.

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 073604907X
• ISBN 13: 9780736049078
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254