Description

Book Synopsis
Developed and written by canfitpro, Canada’s foremost education and certification provider for fitness professionals, this third edition of Foundations of Professional Personal Training contains essential information for building skills, creating systems to work with clients, and preparing for the Personal Training Specialist (PTS) certification. Extensively updated to match the certification standards, this edition includes the following:
  • New chapters on periodization, screening and assessment, program design, and the canfitpro Personal Training Specialist framework
  • Diverse client case studies to use for practice and application of concepts
  • Details about canfitpro’s optimal health perspective, which integrates physical activity, nutrition, and mental well-being
  • Strategies for cultivating the client–personal trainer relationship
  • Contemporary information regarding inclusive training, training in a virtual environment, and building a business
Foundations of Professional Personal Training, Third Edition, prepares new and prospective personal trainers for all aspects of their exciting profession. Providing key concepts of personal training, guidelines for program design and injury prevention, and considerations for working with clients, this text is an essential resource for preparation for the PTS exam and for a successful career in personal training.

Table of Contents
Part I. The Journey Begins

Chapter 1. Understanding Your Career, Yourself, and Your Client
Kim Lavender, FAHP
Career Path Options for Personal Training Specialists
Strengthening the Client–Personal Trainer Relationship
Understanding Behaviour Change
Influencing Exercise Adherence
Working With Clients

Chapter 2. Principles for Optimal Health
Kim Lavender, FAHP, and Beth Yarzab
Your Role as a Personal Training Specialist in Promoting Optimal Health
Physical Literacy
Mindset
Nutritional Health
Physical Activity for Optimal Health
canfitpro’s Training Principles

Part II. Understanding the Body

Chapter 3. Bioenergetics
Brian Justin, M.Kin, and Gregory S. Anderson, PhD
Bioenergetics Terminology
Introduction to the Energy Systems
Interaction of the Energy Systems
Oxygen Deficit
Developing the Energy Systems

Chapter 4. Cardiorespiratory Concepts
Gregory S. Anderson, PhD, and Brian Justin, M.Kin
Cardiovascular System
Respiratory System
Cardiorespiratory Response to Exercise
Benefits of Cardiorespiratory Training
Program Design for Cardiorespiratory Training

Chapter 5. Skeletal Anatomy
Gregory S. Anderson, PhD
Bones
Parts of the Skeleton
Joints
Describing Movement
Program Design for Bone Health

Chapter 6. Muscular Anatomy
Gregory S. Anderson, PhD
Structure and Function of Skeletal Muscle
Muscles and Muscle Groups
Benefits of Resistance Training
Program Design for Resistance Training

Chapter 7. Flexibility and Mobility Concepts
Jason Jones
Definition of Flexibility
Relationship of Flexibility to Overall Fitness
Mobility and Fascia
Elastic and Plastic Tissues
Range of Motion and Joint Mechanics
Movement, Mobilization, and Flexibility Training
Program Design for Flexibility Training
Integrating Flexibility Training

Chapter 8. Foundational Movement Sequences
Mark Stone, BSc
What Is Functional Training?
Postural Stability and Balance
Understanding the Kinetic Chain
Externally Versus Internally Stabilized Exercises
Biomotor Abilities
Programming Foundational Movement Sequences

Part III. canfitpro Personal Training Specialist Framework and Client Strategy (Assessment)

Chapter 9. canfitpro Personal Training Specialist Framework
Eric Wong Kai Pun
Overview of the canfitpro Personal Training Specialist Framework
PAR-Q+ and Health History
Goal Setting With Emotional Connection
Passive and Dynamic Assessments
Selling Is Helping
Periodization
Program Design
Session Delivery
Reassessment

Chapter 10. Client Strategy Part I: Passive Screening and Assessments
Eric Wong Kai Pun and Jason Jones
Preexercise Screening
Passive Assessments
Cardiovascular Health Assessments
Body Composition Assessments

Chapter 11. Client Strategy Part II: Dynamic Screening and Assessments
Eric Wong Kai Pun and Jason Jones
Training Levels
Dynamic Assessments
Movement Quality and Active Flexibility Assessments
Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessment
Muscular Capacity Assessment
Sources of Error in Dynamic Assessments

Part IV. Periodization, Program Design, and Session Delivery

Chapter 12. Periodization
Eric Wong Kai Pun and Jason Jones
Origin of Periodization
Periodization Cycles
Plan to Build Client Skill (Foundations)
Periodization Models
Periodization Is Systematized Individualization
Getting Started With Periodization

Chapter 13. Program Design
Eric Wong Kai Pun and Jason Jones
Principles of Program Design
canfitpro’s Principles of Training
Resistance Training Is Key to Client Goal Achievement
Client Considerations
Structuring a Resistance Training Program for the Foundations Phase
Structuring a Block Periodized Resistance Training Program
Structuring a Linear Periodized Resistance Training Program
Structuring a Wave-Loaded Periodized Resistance Training Program
Selecting Exercises and Equipment for Resistance Training
Structuring a Cardiorespiratory Training Workout
Getting Started With Program Design

Chapter 14. Session Delivery and Professionalism
Eric Wong Kai Pun
Considerations for Professional and Enjoyable Sessions
Delivering the Session
Five Steps of Introducing a New Exercise
Intake or Initial Consultation Session
Between the Initial Consultation and Subsequent Sessions (Client Onboarding)
Subsequent Sessions and Reassessment

Part V. Industry Longevity

Chapter 15. Injury Risk Management
Terry Kane, BPHE, BSc
Understanding Scope of Practice
Types of Musculoskeletal Injury
Injury Risk Management

Chapter 16. Business of Personal Training
Sara Fennell and Joe Arko
Career Options
Personal Trainer Specialist Finances and Capacity
Niche and Avatar
Packaging and Pricing
Marketing and Lead Generation
Sales
Money Mindset
Onboarding, Nurturing, and Community Building
Terminating the Relationship
Essential Data Tracking
Customer Service and Operational Systems
Risk Management

Appendix A: Main, Supplemental, and Accessory Exercises
Appendix B: Mobility and Stability Exercises
Appendix C: canfitpro Professional Member Noncompliance, Complaints, and Appeal Process

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      Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
      Publication Date: 24/08/2022
      ISBN13: 9781718211827, 978-1718211827
      ISBN10: 1718211821
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Developed and written by canfitpro, Canada’s foremost education and certification provider for fitness professionals, this third edition of Foundations of Professional Personal Training contains essential information for building skills, creating systems to work with clients, and preparing for the Personal Training Specialist (PTS) certification. Extensively updated to match the certification standards, this edition includes the following:
      • New chapters on periodization, screening and assessment, program design, and the canfitpro Personal Training Specialist framework
      • Diverse client case studies to use for practice and application of concepts
      • Details about canfitpro’s optimal health perspective, which integrates physical activity, nutrition, and mental well-being
      • Strategies for cultivating the client–personal trainer relationship
      • Contemporary information regarding inclusive training, training in a virtual environment, and building a business
      Foundations of Professional Personal Training, Third Edition, prepares new and prospective personal trainers for all aspects of their exciting profession. Providing key concepts of personal training, guidelines for program design and injury prevention, and considerations for working with clients, this text is an essential resource for preparation for the PTS exam and for a successful career in personal training.

      Table of Contents
      Part I. The Journey Begins

      Chapter 1. Understanding Your Career, Yourself, and Your Client
      Kim Lavender, FAHP
      Career Path Options for Personal Training Specialists
      Strengthening the Client–Personal Trainer Relationship
      Understanding Behaviour Change
      Influencing Exercise Adherence
      Working With Clients

      Chapter 2. Principles for Optimal Health
      Kim Lavender, FAHP, and Beth Yarzab
      Your Role as a Personal Training Specialist in Promoting Optimal Health
      Physical Literacy
      Mindset
      Nutritional Health
      Physical Activity for Optimal Health
      canfitpro’s Training Principles

      Part II. Understanding the Body

      Chapter 3. Bioenergetics
      Brian Justin, M.Kin, and Gregory S. Anderson, PhD
      Bioenergetics Terminology
      Introduction to the Energy Systems
      Interaction of the Energy Systems
      Oxygen Deficit
      Developing the Energy Systems

      Chapter 4. Cardiorespiratory Concepts
      Gregory S. Anderson, PhD, and Brian Justin, M.Kin
      Cardiovascular System
      Respiratory System
      Cardiorespiratory Response to Exercise
      Benefits of Cardiorespiratory Training
      Program Design for Cardiorespiratory Training

      Chapter 5. Skeletal Anatomy
      Gregory S. Anderson, PhD
      Bones
      Parts of the Skeleton
      Joints
      Describing Movement
      Program Design for Bone Health

      Chapter 6. Muscular Anatomy
      Gregory S. Anderson, PhD
      Structure and Function of Skeletal Muscle
      Muscles and Muscle Groups
      Benefits of Resistance Training
      Program Design for Resistance Training

      Chapter 7. Flexibility and Mobility Concepts
      Jason Jones
      Definition of Flexibility
      Relationship of Flexibility to Overall Fitness
      Mobility and Fascia
      Elastic and Plastic Tissues
      Range of Motion and Joint Mechanics
      Movement, Mobilization, and Flexibility Training
      Program Design for Flexibility Training
      Integrating Flexibility Training

      Chapter 8. Foundational Movement Sequences
      Mark Stone, BSc
      What Is Functional Training?
      Postural Stability and Balance
      Understanding the Kinetic Chain
      Externally Versus Internally Stabilized Exercises
      Biomotor Abilities
      Programming Foundational Movement Sequences

      Part III. canfitpro Personal Training Specialist Framework and Client Strategy (Assessment)

      Chapter 9. canfitpro Personal Training Specialist Framework
      Eric Wong Kai Pun
      Overview of the canfitpro Personal Training Specialist Framework
      PAR-Q+ and Health History
      Goal Setting With Emotional Connection
      Passive and Dynamic Assessments
      Selling Is Helping
      Periodization
      Program Design
      Session Delivery
      Reassessment

      Chapter 10. Client Strategy Part I: Passive Screening and Assessments
      Eric Wong Kai Pun and Jason Jones
      Preexercise Screening
      Passive Assessments
      Cardiovascular Health Assessments
      Body Composition Assessments

      Chapter 11. Client Strategy Part II: Dynamic Screening and Assessments
      Eric Wong Kai Pun and Jason Jones
      Training Levels
      Dynamic Assessments
      Movement Quality and Active Flexibility Assessments
      Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessment
      Muscular Capacity Assessment
      Sources of Error in Dynamic Assessments

      Part IV. Periodization, Program Design, and Session Delivery

      Chapter 12. Periodization
      Eric Wong Kai Pun and Jason Jones
      Origin of Periodization
      Periodization Cycles
      Plan to Build Client Skill (Foundations)
      Periodization Models
      Periodization Is Systematized Individualization
      Getting Started With Periodization

      Chapter 13. Program Design
      Eric Wong Kai Pun and Jason Jones
      Principles of Program Design
      canfitpro’s Principles of Training
      Resistance Training Is Key to Client Goal Achievement
      Client Considerations
      Structuring a Resistance Training Program for the Foundations Phase
      Structuring a Block Periodized Resistance Training Program
      Structuring a Linear Periodized Resistance Training Program
      Structuring a Wave-Loaded Periodized Resistance Training Program
      Selecting Exercises and Equipment for Resistance Training
      Structuring a Cardiorespiratory Training Workout
      Getting Started With Program Design

      Chapter 14. Session Delivery and Professionalism
      Eric Wong Kai Pun
      Considerations for Professional and Enjoyable Sessions
      Delivering the Session
      Five Steps of Introducing a New Exercise
      Intake or Initial Consultation Session
      Between the Initial Consultation and Subsequent Sessions (Client Onboarding)
      Subsequent Sessions and Reassessment

      Part V. Industry Longevity

      Chapter 15. Injury Risk Management
      Terry Kane, BPHE, BSc
      Understanding Scope of Practice
      Types of Musculoskeletal Injury
      Injury Risk Management

      Chapter 16. Business of Personal Training
      Sara Fennell and Joe Arko
      Career Options
      Personal Trainer Specialist Finances and Capacity
      Niche and Avatar
      Packaging and Pricing
      Marketing and Lead Generation
      Sales
      Money Mindset
      Onboarding, Nurturing, and Community Building
      Terminating the Relationship
      Essential Data Tracking
      Customer Service and Operational Systems
      Risk Management

      Appendix A: Main, Supplemental, and Accessory Exercises
      Appendix B: Mobility and Stability Exercises
      Appendix C: canfitpro Professional Member Noncompliance, Complaints, and Appeal Process

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