NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training

by NSCA -National Strength & Conditioning Association

NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training is the ideal authoritative resource for personal trainers, health and fitness instructors, exercise scientists, and other fitness professionals, as well as the primary preparation source for the NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer® examination.

The book includes more than 250 photographs and contributions from leading personal training experts who provide the scientific principles, concepts, and theories of personal training as well as practical applications for health and fitness.

Experts in anatomy, exercise physiology, and biomechanics and other exercise scientists work with respected personal trainers, physical therapists, and sport psychologists to provide in-depth coverage of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of personal trainers. Special coverage is given to exercise technique, including teaching approaches involving free-weight and machine exercises, cardiovascular activities, flexibility, and speed training. A special feature of this text is the manner in which the program designs are offered for the typically healthy client as well as for those clients presenting unique challenges to the personal trainer.

NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training supplies comprehensive information on proper stretching, resistance training, aerobic endurance training, and plyometrics techniques. Additionally, the text covers critical information about the business aspects of personal training, including facility and equipment maintenance and legal issues that many trainers face.

The following are some of the text’s features:

Genres: Fitness, Health, Reference, Nonfiction

688 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2003

Reviews

[Marga Pineda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great complete work, touches on many subjects related to training and way more complete than any other guide. Ready to take my Certification test!:)

[Dami · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great tool to help you learn. I read this book for my Introduction to Personal Training class!

[Alexander Broses · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good general overview of what is necessary for a personal trainer if you're new to the field.

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tldr
1. lift heavy weight
2. sleep
3.mb eat if neck thin
4. cardio if rhr>db curl

[Keith Suthammanont · Rating 4 out of 5]

a little dense in the first few chapters if you don't have a background, but once you understand and get through it, it isn't so bad. i'm a little more than halfway through and hope to be finished with it soon...

[Pam Bonafide · Rating 3 out of 5]

used this in the college personal training courses I took, studied out of it and passed my cert exam. missing anatomical charts, though, and a lot of the info is repetitive, with the language somewhat unnecessarily wordy

[Tim Gannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great text - written by the National Strength and Conditioning Association - It discusses basic exercise physiology and biomechanics, the initial evaluation, exercise techniques and program design. It also touches on special populations such as pregnant and preadolescent.

[Heath · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the current textbook I use when teaching my students.

[Nick Rainey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This did a great job of helping me earn my personal trainer certificate through the NSCA. It has great info!

[Anish Sana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a complete guide to total fitness. There can be nothing better. Everything is explained to an anatomical level which enables you to design a fitness program based on your goals.