Exercise Prescription

by Swain, David P., Ph.D.; Leutholtz, Brian C.

• ISBN13: 9780736037549
• ISBN10: 0736037543
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Human Kinetics

Summary

David Swain and Brian Leutholtz take a case-study approach to exercise prescription in this instruction book, giving readers the newest information needed to prepare for certification by the ACSM. >Exercise Prescription: A Case Study Approach to the ACSM Guidelines> covers new topics and incorporates two critical changes to the guidelines.Readers will benefit from detailed information on the adoption of VO2 reserve as the basis for writing exercise prescriptions; data on changes in metabolic equations for determining the oxygen cost of various modes of exercise; and recommendations for prescribing exercise for healthy adults and special cases including children, pregnant women, the elderly, the morbidly obese, and people with heart disease, diabetes, pulmonary disease, or peripheral vascular disease.>Exercise Prescription: A Case Study Approach to the ACSM Guidelines> is an easy-to-read book that takes a practical approach to exercise prescription and preparation for ACSM certification. Exercise science students and health/fitness professionals alike will benefit from the real-world examples it provides.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Case Studies and Risk Stratification	1	(14)
Screening and Risk Stratification	2	(8)
Assessing the Components of Fitness	10	(2)
Goal Setting	12	(2)
Exercise Prescription	14	(1)
References	14	(1)
Basic Principles of Exercise Prescription, Now With VO2 Reserve	15	(14)
Principles of Training	15	(6)
ACSM Guidelines	21	(2)
VO2 Reserve	23	(4)
References	27	(2)
Exercise Prescription for Cardiorespiratory Fitness	29	(14)
Type (Mode)	29	(1)
Frequency and Time (Duration)	30	(2)
Intensity	32	(1)
Exercise Prescription by Heart Rate	33	(6)
Exercise Prescription by Perceived Exertion	39	(2)
Exercise Prescription by Workload	41	(1)
References	42	(1)
Using the ACSM Metabolic Equations	43	(22)
Functions of the Metabolic Equations	44	(1)
Conversion of Units	45	(3)
Walking	48	(3)
Running	51	(4)
Leg Cycling	55	(3)
Arm Cycling	58	(3)
Stepping	61	(2)
References	63	(2)
Exercise Prescription for Weight Loss	65	(12)
Energy Balance	66	(1)
Weight Management	67	(1)
Exercise Prescription for Fat Loss	68	(7)
References	75	(2)
Exercise Prescription for Muscular Strength and Flexibility	77	(20)
Flexibility	77	(6)
Muscular Strength	83	(13)
References	96	(1)
Exercise Prescription for the Older Adult	97	(14)
Cardiovascular Fitness	98	(2)
Resistance Training	100	(8)
References	108	(3)
Exercise Prescription for Heart Disease	111	(12)
Exercise for Heart Disease	112	(1)
Four Variables of the FITT Principle	112	(2)
Myocardial Infarction	114	(2)
Heart Failure	116	(1)
Pacemakers	117	(2)
Cardiac Transplant	119	(2)
References	121	(2)
Exercise Prescription for Diabetes Mellitus	123	(16)
Exercise Prescription for Clients With Type 1 Diabetes	125	(5)
Exercise Prescription for Clients With Type 2 Diabetes	130	(7)
References	137	(2)
Exercise Prescription for Other Special Cases	139	(14)
Peripheral Vascular Disease	139	(3)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	142	(2)
Hypertension	144	(2)
Pregnancy	146	(2)
Children	148	(3)
References	151	(2)
Appendix Additional Case Studies With Multiple Choice Questions	153	(28)
Index	181	(8)
About the Authors	189