This instruction manual is designed to show readers how to teach weight training, providing the knowledge that they need to design a customized training programme. A companion self-help volume and an accompanying video are also available.
As an exercise leader for 16 years at the Creighton University Cardiac Rehabilitation program (one of the earliest to include a bona fide strength training component), Thomas R. Baechle, EdD, has a great deal of practical experience working with the over 50 population. He also has more than 20 years' experience teaching weight training and strength training for athletes at the college level. He currently serves as chair of the exercise science department at Creighton University, where his honors include an Excellence in Teaching Award.
Baechle is the executive director of the NSCA Certification Commission, the certifying body for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and is president of the National Organization for Competency Assurance, an international organization that sets quality standards for credentialing organizations. He has earned credentials from the NSCA's Certification Commission as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer; from the American College of Sports Medicine as a Test Technologist and Exercise Specialist; and from the United States Weightlifting Federation as a Level 1 Weightlifting Coach. He is cofounder, past president, and former director of education for NSCA, and in 1998 he received the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Baechle has authored seven previous strength training texts, including the highly popular Fitness Weight Training. He also served as editor for NSCA's Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, a comprehensive text that has contributed to the growing number of university-level courses that prepare professionals for careers in strength and conditioning. Three of Baechle's texts have been translated into French or Japanese.
Baechle lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with his wife Susan and two sons, Todd and Clark. He enjoys strength training, woodworking, and making crafts.
