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ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer Fifth Edition By American College of Sports Medicine

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Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in February, 2013. (ISBN: 978-1-4511-0859-0)

Hardbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-2289-0 / (US$77.99 / £60.00 / €71.00) Worldwide Approx. 632 pp. / Approx. 169 Illus. / Approx. 103 Tables / September 2017

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