Acsm's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (American College of Sports Med) (Paperback)

by Jeffrey L. Roitman (Author), Moira Kelsey (Author), American College of Sports Medicine (Corporate Author)

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Product Description
Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. Text providing the fundamental knowledge necessary for ACSM's certifications preventive and rehabilitative exercise programming. Companion to: Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 4th edition, c1991, a Brandon/Hill Medical List selection. Illustrated in a variety of formats. Softcover. DNLM: Exercise Test.

Product Details

• Paperback: 715 pages
• Publisher: Williams & Wilkins; 3rd edition (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0683000268
• ISBN-13: 978-0683000269
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,270,949 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource!, May 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (Spiral-bound)

The newest edition of ACSM's guidelines continues to be the gold standard for the professional in sports medicine. The content is research based and fairly easy to interpret and apply. Information is easy to access and the new spiral bound edition is much more user friendly. Overall, I think that ACSM does a great job in providing professionals in the field of sports medicine and exercise physiology with the practical information they need on a daily basis.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable , August 18, 2005

By	S. MCKENZIE - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (Spiral-bound)

This book by the American College of Sports Medicine is an invaluable resourse for anyone in the field of Exercise Physioloy or other related fitness fields. I use it on a regular basis as a quick reference guide for fitness testing and evaluation. This also a necessary book for anyone taking one of the ACSM certification tests. I highly recommend this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	N. Graves (Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.