The Fitness Instructor's Handbook: A Professional's Complete Guide to Health and Fitness

The comprehensive resource for personal fitness trainers.

The fitness industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors in today's economy. Collectively, personal trainers and fitness instructors and coaches have millions of clients -- personal, and in clubs, schools and local gyms.

The Fitness Instructor's Handbook is the essential guidebook for professionals working in or interested in entering the booming fitness industry. Filled cover-to-cover with case studies, checklists and sample programs, this book is the perfect reference for beginning trainers as well as established ones looking for a quick refresher on the basics.

The Fitness Instructor's Handbook covers key topics such as:

• The skeletal system
• Muscles and tendons
• The body's energy system
• Circulation and respiration
• Components of fitness
• Safety and injuries
• Customer service
• Screening clients
• Planning and program design
• Exercise evaluation.

The Fitness Instructor's Handbook is a dynamic resource that combines theory and practice for every aspect of health and fitness programs. Throughout the fitness industry, trainers will welcome this comprehensive reference book.

Morc Coulson is the program leader for sport and exercise science at the University of Sunderland in England. He designs and implements fitness-training courses.