Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription for all Ages

Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription for All Ages™ is a continuing education home study program for health and fitness professionals to safely and accurately assess cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular fitness, body composition, flexibility, and balance; then design safe and effective programs for resistance training, weight management, body composition, flexibility, low back care, and balance for all ages.

Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription for All AgesTM is approved for the following continuing education credits/units:

ACE, 2.0 (ACSM and the YMCA accept ACE CECs)
BCRPA, 16.0
BOC, 24.0
canfitpro (PTS, OAS), 4.0
CPTN, 14.0
ISSA, 20.0
NASM, 1.9
NASN, 2.0
NCSF, 10.0
NESTA, 2.0
NETA, 20.0
NSCA (CSCS, CPT), 2.0
SFA, 2.0
WITS, 20.0

Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription for All Ages™ Specialist Home Study Program is approved by all major personal training, sports nutrition, group fitness certification organizations, and BOC for athletic training. Certified personal trainers, group fitness instructors, health and wellness coaches, sports nutrition specialists and athletic trainers holding more than one certification may obtain CECs/CEUS for all certifications for which they need continuing education with this single home study program at no additional cost.

The Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription for All Ages™ Specialist Home Study Program is offered in a distance-learning format providing research based continuing education for health and fitness professionals (personal trainers, group fitness instructors, health/wellness coaches, sports nutrition specialists and athletic trainers) who wish to dramatically increase their knowledge of fitness assessment and exercise programming for all ages of clients. The home study program materials are an exectronic download. All materials for this program are available electronically. Nothing is mailed.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the importance of physical activity as related to health and chronic disease for people of all ages.
• Understand the principles of exercise assessment, prescription and program adherence for all age groups.
• Assess cardiorespiratory fitness and design cardiorespiratory exercise programs for all age groups.
• Assess muscular fitness and design resistance training programs for all age groups.
• Assess body composition and design weight management and body composition programs for all age groups.
• Assess flexibility and design programs for flexibility and low back care for all age groups.
• Assess balance for varied age groups and design balance programs with a focus on the older adult.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Physical Activity, Health, and Chronic Disease
Chapter 2: Preliminary Health Screening and Risk Classification
Chapter 3: Principles of Assessment, Prescription, and Exercise Program Adherence
Chapter 4: Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Chapter 5: Designing Cardiorespiratory Exercise Programs
Chapter 6: Assessing Muscular Fitness
Chapter 7: Designing Resistance Training Programs
Chapter 8: Assessing Body Composition
Chapter 9: Designing Weight Management and Body Composition Programs
Chapter 10: Assessing Flexibility
Chapter 11: Designing Programs for Flexibility and Low Back Care
Chapter 12: Assessing Balance and Designing Balance Programs

Course Materials:
The Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription for All Ages certificate package with online test includes the eBook version of Vivian Heyward’s 480-page book Advanced Fitness and Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Sixth Edition (accessed through Adobe Air with instructions for downloading Adobe Air) and a 90-page workbook provided in PDF format. Instructions for completing the 60-question online test and obtaining CECs are also included in PDF format. Note: This program package is made available by electrnic download after purchase. All materials for this program are available electronically. Nothing is mailed.

Vivian Heyward’s hardcover textbook, Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Sixth Edition is available for purchase through Human Kinetics: http://www.humankinetics.com/ exerciseprescriptioninstructionandassessment.

Price: $269.00