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The personal trainer's handbook / Teri O'Brien.

By: O'Brien, Teri S, 1955-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, 1997Description: ix, 180 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0880115939.Subject(s): Personal trainers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Personal trainers -- Vocational guidance -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 613.71
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I Establishing your personal training business: Standing on the threshold -- Business and legal matters -- Marketing your business -- Part II Working with your client: Creating your client's program -- Individualized program design -- Conducting the workout -- Conducting yourself -- Motivating your client -- Exceed expectations every day: customer service -- Part III Resistance workout guide.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Provides practical advice for those starting a personal training business, with chapters on business and legal matters, marketing, creating the client's exercise program, conducting the workout, motivating the client, and customer service. Half of the book consists of b&w illustrated resistance exercises and instructions. Includes numerous sample forms and fitness tests. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Bibliography: p. 173-174. - Includes index.

Introduction -- Part I Establishing your personal training business: Standing on the threshold -- Business and legal matters -- Marketing your business -- Part II Working with your client: Creating your client's program -- Individualized program design -- Conducting the workout -- Conducting yourself -- Motivating your client -- Exceed expectations every day: customer service -- Part III Resistance workout guide.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I Establishing Your Personal Training Business
  • Chapter 1 Standing on the Threshold
  • Threshold Question 1 Is It Right for Me?
  • Threshold Question 2 What Do I Need to Get Started?
  • Threshold Question 3 Do I Have What It Takes?
  • Threshold Question 4 Do I Want to Start My Own Business or Work for Someone Else?
  • If You Do Decide to Start Your Own Business, Start Here
  • Threshold Question 5 Do You Want to Work in a Club or in People's Homes?
  • Don't Stress Out
  • Chapter 2 Business and Legal Matters
  • How Should I Set Up My Business?
  • How Much Should I Charge?
  • A Recommendation About Billing Your Clients
  • Writing Your Business Plan
  • Bookkeeping and Financial Records
  • Avoiding Lawsuits
  • The Ethics of Personal Training
  • Chapter 3 Marketing Your Business
  • Marketing
  • Appealing to Your Customer
  • Advertising
  • Marketing Materials
  • Sales: Your First Contact
  • Keeping Track of the Results
  • Part II Working With Your Client
  • Chapter 4 The Art of Exercise Program Design
  • General Principles of Program Design
  • Steps of Individualized Program Design
  • Chapter 5 Designing the Cardiovascular, Flexibility, and Nutritional Components
  • Metabolism and Basic Energy Systems
  • The Role of the Cardiovascular System
  • The Role of the Respiratory System
  • Adaptations to Aerobic Exercise Training
  • Designing the Cardiovascular Component of the Client's Program
  • The Flexibility Component
  • The Nutritional Component
  • Chapter 6 Designing the Resistance Component of the Program
  • Physiology of Resistance Training
  • Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Resistance Training You Learned in Sixth-Grade Science
  • Designing the Resistance Component
  • Chapter 7 Conducting the Workout and Conducting Yourself
  • Conducting the Workout
  • Conducting Yourself in the Gym
  • Special Considerations of Home Workouts
  • Chapter 8 Motivating Your Client
  • Clarity: Your Client's Personal Motivational Touchstone
  • Goal Setting: Your Client's Vision
  • Focus: How to Keep Your Client Motivated and Moving
  • Chapter 9 Exceed Expectations Every Day: Customer Service
  • Appreciate the Specialness of Every Client
  • Rx for Trouble
  • Never Stop Learning
  • The Business You're Really In: Communications
  • Do What You Say You're Going to Do
  • Commit Yourself to the Continuing Pursuit of Excellence
  • Never Forget Whom This Is About
  • Conclusion
  • Part III Resistance Workout Guide
  • Appendix A Sample Forms
  • Waiver and Informed Consent Form
  • Waiver and Assumption of Risk (Home Workouts)
  • Letter of Agreement
  • Health History Questionnaire
  • Medical Clearance and Physician's Consent to Participate in Fitness Assessment and Exercise Program
  • Sample Injury Report
  • Goal Inventory
  • Lifestyle Questionnaire
  • Notes on Using the Workout Record Form
  • Workout Record Form
  • Appendix B Fitness Testing
  • Body Composition
  • Sit-and-Reach Test for Hamstring Flexibility
  • Finger-Touch Test for Rotator Cuff Flexibility
  • Three-Minute Step Test
  • Curl-Up Test for Abdominal Strength
  • Glossary
  • Suggested Reading
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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