ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription [Paperback]

American College of Sports Medicine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 24, 2005 | ISBN-10: 078174590X | ISBN-13: 978-0781745901 | Edition: Seventh

The single most internationally read and referenced text in sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness, this manual succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased individuals. The Seventh Edition contains the most current public health and clinical information and state-of-the-art, research-based recommendations.

Coverage represents the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that must be mastered by candidates for all ACSM certifications. Written by international experts in numerous fields, the Seventh Edition covers additional topics including arthritis, osteoporosis, dyslipidemia, immunology, and metabolic syndrome.

Product Details

• Paperback: 370 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Seventh edition (May 24, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078174590X
• ISBN-13: 978-0781745901
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #601,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars useful resource, June 2, 2008

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N. Graves (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (Spiral-bound)

This book appears to be a pretty darn good resource for fitness prescription and testing. I have read much of it and it is pretty well written and quite clinical. So if that's what you need, then this book is it.
However, I was intending to get books to study for the ACSM Personal Trainer certification. This is NOT the book for that. Now granted, they recommend this book on their website, and it may be helpful, but the intended primary study source is the ACSM's resources for the personal trainer...book. So if that's what you are trying to do (like i was) then get that book, not this one. If you want a bunch of cool knowledge about exercise prescription, then this is the book for you.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mandatory for the exercise professional, November 15, 2007

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Jack Michaels - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (Spiral-bound)

Has all the knowledge you need to evaluate, test, and retest your client, patient, or subject. If you don't have this book (or a previous version of it) and are not following the procedures in this handbook...you're not helping your client as well as you can.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Information, October 5, 2005

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C. C. Wah "y2kameoba" (HK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (Spiral-bound)

The book include many useful information, most of all, within the numerous schools of fitness testing and indicator, ACSM is still the most professional and reliable source.