Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription (Hardcover)

by Vivian H. Heyward (Author)

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Product Description
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Textbook gives practical tips for developing skills and includes the latest information from the sixth edition of ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing & Prescription. Charts and tables, handouts, and pedagogical aids are included. Previous edition: c1998.

About the Author
Vivian H. Heyward, PhD, is a Regents professor emerita, having taught physical fitness assessment and exercise prescription courses for 26 years at the University of New Mexico. In addition to the previous editions of this book, she has authored two editions of Applied Body Composition Assessment (Human Kinetics 1996, 2004) as well as numerous articles in research and professional journals dealing with various aspects of physical fitness assessment and exercise prescription. Dr. Heyward has received professional awards, including Distinguished Alumni Awards from the University of Illinois and the State University of New York at Cortland, and the SWACSM Recognition Award for distinguished professional service and achievement. --This text refers to the 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: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #609,018 in Books (See Bestsellers 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

By A Customer

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

By	T. E. Richardson "Tim Richardson http://www.t... (Netherlands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	k weave (Albuquerque) - See all my reviews

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.