Fitness Professional’s Handbook, Sixth Edition, meets the demands of the evolving fitness profession with a fully updated text based on the latest standards, guidelines, and research from the authorities in the field. With the expanded scope on the study of physical activity and its relevance to fitness, numerous ancillaries, and material that reflects the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines, this text will allow both students and professionals to stay abreast of the latest research and information in the field.
Part I. Activity, Health, and Fitness
Chapter 1. Health, Fitness, and Performance
Chapter 2. Health Appraisal
Part II. Scientific Foundations
Chapter 3. Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics
Chapter 4. Exercise Physiology
Chapter 5. Nutrition
Chapter 6. EnergyCosts of Physical Activity
Part III. Fitness Assessment
Chapter 7.Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Chapter 8. Assessment of Body Composition
Chapter 9. Assessment of Muscular Fitness
Chapter 10. Assessment of Flexibility and Low Back Function
Part IV. Exercise Prescription for Health and Fitness
Chapter 11. Exercise Prescription for Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Chapter 12. Exercise Prescription for Weight Management
Chapter 13. Exercise Prescription for Muscular Fitness
Chapter 14. Exercise Prescription for Flexibility and Low Back Function
Part V. Special Considerations
Chapter 15. Exercise and Children and Youth
Chapter 16. Exercise and Older Adults
Chapter 17. Exercise and Women’s Health
Chapter 18. Exercise and Heart Disease
Chapter 19. Exercise and Obesity
Chapter 20. Exercise and Diabetes
Chapter 21. Exercise and Pulmonary Disease
Part VI. Exercise Programming
Chapter 22. Exercise Programming for Health and Fitness
Chapter 23. Behavior Change
Chapter 24. Mindful Exercise for Fitness Professionals
Chapter 25. Exercise Related to ECG and Medications
Chapter 26. Injury Prevention and Treatment
Chapter 27. Legal Considerations
Edward T. Howley, PhD, FACSM, FNAK, earned his bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College and his master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He then completed a one-year postdoctoral appointment at Penn State University and was hired in 1970 as a faculty member at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Howley taught a variety of courses, including an undergraduate course in fitness testing and prescription and undergraduate and graduate courses in exercise physiology. He retired in 2007 and holds the rank of professor emeritus.
Dixie L. Thompson, PhD, FACSM, FNAK, is a professor and head of the department of kinesiology, recreation, and sport studies at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She is also the director of the Center for Physical Activity and Health at the university. She graduated from the 2008 class of the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Bryn Mawr Summer Institute, held at Bryn Mawr College.