Client-Centered Exercise Prescription - Softcover

Griffin, John C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880117079 ISBN 13: 9780880117074

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 1998

Synopsis

Rather than take the more common body component approach to cardiovascular and weight-control exercise regimens, this book for personal fitness trainers and exercise specialists presents a prescription process model that personalizes counselling, assessment, and prescription for clients with regard to their unique body types, physiologies, and psychologies. Additionally, chapters on exercise for special populations and those with orthopedic injuries are included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author:

John C. Griffin, MSc, is coordinator of the fitness and lifestyle management program at George Brown College in Toronto. As a private consultant, speaker, and writer for public- and private-sector organizations, Griffin has authored more than 60 publications, including the first edition of Client-Centered Exercise Prescription. Working with the National Fitness Leadership Advisory Council (NFLAC), Griffin coauthored the first national standards for exercise leaders. After serving on the board of directors for Ontario Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (OASES), Griffin worked with the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology on a national certification for personal fitness trainers.

A professor, personal trainer, and coach for more than 30 years, Griffin has designed curricula for numerous courses in exercise prescription, personal training, musculoskeletal assessment and rehabilitation, biomechanics, and exercise and training techniques. He has received awards from NFLAC, OASES, the Ontario Fitness Council, George Brown College, the Province of Ontario, and the Australian Sport and Fitness Council. He has lectured in Sweden, Australia, Finland, many American cities, and all across Canada.

Review:

"If you want to expand your rapport with clients, and link exercises with client goals, this book is a useful resource."
David Sandler
Fitness Management, May 2006

“It delivers information appropriate for the student learner, but also contains useful knowledge for even the seasoned athletic trainer or physical therapist.”
Scott H. Grindel, MD
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, February 1999 (Review of first edition)

About this edition

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0880117079
• ISBN 13: 9780880117074
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264