ACSM's Certification Review is a review manual for candidates wanting an ACSM credential including ACSM's Health and Fitness Certification, ACSM's Clinical Certification, or ACSM's Registry for Clinical Exercise Physiology.

ACSM's Certification Review combines content from the first editions of ACSM's Health and Fitness Certification Review and ACSM's Clinical Certification Review into one resource.

Content is based on the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) found in ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, Seventh Edition. Each chapter presents an outline-format review and ends with certification-type questions and answers. The book includes two comprehensive practice exams to test the reader's knowledge.

Features of ACSM's Certification Review:

• Outline format review for each chapter
• Certification-type review questions at the end of each chapter to test the student's knowledge. Answers are provided at the end of each chapter
• Content is based on the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) found in the ACSM Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription 7th edition
• Two comprehensive practice exams at the end of the book. One for Health/Fitness Instructor and one for Exercise Specialist. Answers to practice exam provided

Contents

1. Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics
2. Exercise Physiology
3. Human Development and Aging
4. Pathophysiology and Risk Factors
5. Human Behavior and Psychology
6. Health Appraisal and Fitness Testing
7. Safety, Injury Prevention and Emergency Care
8. Exercise Programming
9. Nutrition and Weight Management
10. Program Administration and Management
11. Metabolic Calculations
12. Electrocardiography

Index

See also
ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, Seventh Edition
and
ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, Fifth Edition

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