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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
Note to Booksellers:
The previous edition published in February, 2013. (ISBN: 978-1-4511-0859-0)
ACSM’s Resources for the Personal
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, and includes the new pre-participation guidelines, which will be critical for those in
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the continuum of creating healthy lifestyles and provides the Personal Trainer with both the tools
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for the Personal Trainer provides coverage of anatomy, exercise physiology, biomechanics, behavior
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resistance and cardiorespiratory training programs. The science- and evidence-based approach al-
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Key Points highlight important concepts addressed in the text
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Student and faculty resources including fully searchable online text, videos, an image bank,
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