Advanced Fitness Assessment & Exercise Prescription-4th Edition [Hardcover]

Vivian H. Heyward (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0736040161 | ISBN-13: 978-0736040167 | Publication Date: May 2002 | Edition: 4th

A book to bridge the gap between research and practice, describing an approach to physical fitness testing and exercise prescription. Professionals and students are shown how to select physical fitness tests, conduct physiological assessments and design individual exercise programmes and prescriptions. The text integrates important principles and theories in exercise physiology, kinesiology, nutrition, psychology and measurement and then applies them to physical fitness testing and exercise programme design.

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About the Author

Vivian H. Heyward, PhD, is a Regents professor emerita at the University of New Mexico, where she has taught physical fitness assessment and exercise prescription courses for more than 25 years. Extensively published, Dr. Heyward is the author of three previous editions of Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription as well as two editions of Applied Body Composition. Heyward has also written more than 60 articles in research and professional journals dealing with various aspects of physical fitness assessment and exercise prescription. Dr. Heyward has given numerous presentations at international, national and regional meetings of professional organisations in the field. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 369 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers; 4th edition (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736040161
• ISBN-13: 978-0736040167
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #772,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome for any fitness professional, May 8, 2003

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This review is from: Advanced Fitness Assessment & Exercise Prescription-4th Edition (Hardcover)

This book is very informative on the various protocols of exercise testing. After reading this book, I added new protocols to the assessments offered at my health club. I feel this book aided in setting higher standards in the health and fitness setting at my current workplace. The appendix is filled with tons of information like pictures of skinfold sites, MET values for different activities, metabolic formulas, etc.. An awesome reference for any fitness professional

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, March 8, 2008

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T. E. Richardson (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced Fitness Assessment & Exercise Prescription-4th Edition (Hardcover)

This book is written for professionals and people studying to be professionals. However, it is clearly written and a good resource for someone serious about an introducton to fitness, metabolism and training.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and easily understood resource!, April 2, 2009

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This review is from: Advanced Fitness Assessment And Exercise Prescription (Hardcover)

I am in the process of completing a fitness tech certificate program and have purchased a number of resource guides and textbooks. I have found most textbooks to be very techinical in nature and difficult to follow and even more difficult to apply. That is not the case with Vivian Heyward's textbook. The information is accurate, informative, well-organized and leads you through how to - for example; take body comp measurements or determine an individual's TEE with step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations and photo's. I've started using it as a reference to explain how to do the processes described in my Sports and Fitness Nutrition and Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning(NSCA)textbooks.
Advanced Fitness Assessment And Exercise Prescription is an excellent resource for personal trainers, exercise science professionals and gym or fitness club personnel. This is the reference guide we use at the fitness center where I work.