ESSA’s Student Manual for Exercise Prescription, Delivery and Adherence- eBook, 1st Edition
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- Current exercise/physical activity guidelines (including for weight loss, young children and adolescents, pregnancy and older individuals)
- Contemporary approaches to exercise prescription (e.g. use of autoregulation and repetitions-in-reserve to prescribe resistance training)
- Comprehensive step-by-step suite of exercises for all body parts
- Practical activities to understand and experience high intensity interval training
- Evidence-based behaviour change frameworks to understand and promote exercise adherence with accompanying practical activities
- Relevant to ESSA accreditation standards for Exercise Scientists, Sport Scientists and Exercise Physiologists in Australia
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Section 1- Exercise programming
Practical 1: Introduction to exercise programming Practical 2: Designing an exercise program Practical 3: Exercise programming for healthy populations with special considerations
Section 2- Exercise delivery
Practical 4: Aerobic exercise Practical 5: The trunk Practical 6: The chest Practical 7: The shoulders and arm Practical 8: The back Practical 9: The legs Practical 10: Exercise for maximal strength, power and speed Practical 11: Flexibility exercises Practical 12: Exercise in water Practical 13: Group training exercise Practical 14: Neuromotor and functional fitness training
Section 3- Exercise adherence
Practical 15: Understanding exercise non-adherence Practical 16: Promoting exercise adherence Practical 17: Behavioural counselling for exercise