NASM Essentials of Corrective Exercise Training

by Micheal A. Clark

NASM Essentials of Corrective Exercise Training introduces the health and fitness professional to NASM’s proprietary Corrective Exercise Continuum, a system of training that uses corrective exercise strategies to help improve muscle imbalances and movement efficiency to decrease the risk of injury. This textbook includes several new chapters that were not included in NASM’s previous corrective exercise materials, including the rationale for corrective exercise training, assessments of health risk, static postural assessments, range of motion assessments, and strength assessments (manual muscle testing) as well as corrective exercise strategies for the cervical spine, elbow, and wrist.
 
There are more than 100 corrective exercise techniques in the categories of self-myofascial release, static stretching, neuromuscular stretching, isolated strength training, positional isometrics, and integrated dynamic movements included in the text. These, along with corrective exercise strategies for common movement impairments seen in each segment of the body, make this text the premier resource for learning and applying NASM’s systematic approach to corrective exercise training.

Genres: Fitness, Health, Nonfiction, Bodies, Science

432 pages, Hardcover

First published September 25, 2010

Reviews

[Joey Randazzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75.. Passed the exam and helped me understand the muscular/fascial systems that create rotational force.

[Chelsea]

This textbook, Corrective Exercise Training, is yet another National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) that doesn't disappoint. It's very similar in composition and quality to the Certified Personal Training (CPT) textbook I read last year, but with a greater focus on (you guessed it) Corrective Exercise Training assessment and program design skills and rationales. As this is a more advanced application of material thoroughly covered in the CPT text, I was concerned I had made an unnecessary purchase - I shouldn't have worried! I found the written material a bit redundant at times, but well worth the read as it helps to cement new and reviewable information in context. Added bonus: CHARTS GALORE! Gosh, I love a good chart!
Totally separate from the text, but valuable if you're putting things together for continuing education or client practice, is the NASM CPT podcast by Dr. Rick Richey, a core contributor to this and other NASM curriculum offerings. Among other topics, if you're not familiar with some aspect of exercise science, how to track down a good study, ways incorporate a new strategy into your practice, or methods to coach a client into good form, there's probably an episode for it. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to selected episodes as I was working my way through the text and I'm certain its only helped to deepen my understanding of the material - new and old. "Certified Personal Trainer" with or without "Corrective Exercise Specialist", whatever you call yourself, is going to come down to being a responsible and knowledgeable professional. You owe it to your clients and fellow trainers (we share a reputation) to skip "Gym Bro University", and do what you can to know and apply the safest, most up-to-date evidence-based interventions you can while adhering to certification standards and respecting the client as an individual. These NASM textbooks do a great job of laying those foundations in an ever-evolving field, but they can't be the end of your efforts to stay current. Happy reading and best of luck in your certification/continuing education endeavors!

[4DX CENTER · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a student, this is great information. As a PhD in Education specializing in online teaching&learning, curriculum development and program design, this is way too dense for a self study course. Chapter objectives and chapter content are misaligned. Clinical content should be reassigned to an appendix rather than integrated within the non-clinical content since these items are excluded from the course exam. Overall, not helpful in successful completion of online course activities, quizzes or specialization exam. Sequencing of content awkward for effective online learning in a self study course. Too bad. Has great potential.

[Nick beattie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly useful for my professor in health and wellness. Very interesting as well!

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful, detailed yet easy to digest, reference for my field, i.e. fitness

[Karen]

Good resource for fitness professionals or those looking to help clients/athletes etc with correcting compensations and injury prevention.