Exercise Testing and Prescription Lab Manual

by Acevedo, Edmund

• ISBN13: 9780736046947
• ISBN10: 0736046941
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-24
• Publisher: HUMAN KINETICS PUBLISHERS

Summary

Step-by-step lab manual to help fitness professionals prepare for the ACSM Health Fitness Instructor Certification exam

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Credits

Pre-test Responsibilities

Orientation to Lab Instruments, Procedures, and Responsibilities

Calibrating Lab Instruments

Risk-Factor Evaluation, Medical History, and Informed Consent

Techniques in Exercise Testing

Introduction to Health Fitness Assessment Techniques

Submaximal Exercise Test Protocols

Assessment of Body Fat

Evaluation of Muscular Strength and Endurance

Evaluation of Flexibility

ECG Placement and Monitor Operations

Exercise Prescription

Metabolic Calculations

Prescriptions for Initial Conditioning, Improvement, and Maintenance

Assessing the Participant's Goals and Gaining Commitment to an Exercise Prescription

Case Study Reports

Appendixes

Exercise Testing and Prescription Forms

Data-Collection Worksheets

Pharmacological Effects on Cardiorespiratory Responses to Exercise

Metric Conversions

Metabolic and Anthropometric Equations

Glossary

Index

About the Authors

List of Tables

ACSM's Initial Risk-Stratification Table

ACSM's Recommendations

Standardized Descriptions of Sites for Body-Composition Measurements

Correction Factors for Predicted Maximal Oxygen Uptake

Classification of Maximal Oxygen Uptake (Maximal Aerobic Power) by Age Group

Maximal O2 Uptake (Men): VO2 L/min

Maximal O2 Uptake (Women): VO2 L/min

Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference Disease-Risk Classification

Body Composition Chart (Values Expressed in % Fat)

One-Repetition Maximum for Bench Press (Upper-Body Strength)

One-Repetition Maximum for Leg Press (Lower-Body Strength)

One-Minute Curl-Up (Crunch) Abdominal Endurance

One-Minute Push-Up Endurance

Standard Values for Grip Strength-Dominant Hand (kg)

Standard Values for Ankle Flexibility

Standard Values for Shoulder Elevation (in Inches)

Standard Values for Trunk Extension (in Inches)

Standard Values for Trunk Flexion (in Inches

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