Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store for more details. |
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Synopsis
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 f
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
UK Bound,
This review is from: The Personal Trainer's Handbook (Paperback)
Good book with some very interesting points but seems to cater for USA Personal Trainers rather than UK...gives some good examples of pre-excersise questionaires/contraindications/contracts ect, but again is more suitable for USA "ways of thinking"
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta) Amazon.com:
4.4 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews) 25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a great book for non-professionals, too,
By Mark J. Satterstrom - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Personal Trainer's Handbook (Paperback)
This book was recommended to me by a friend who's really into fitness training. I was just looking for a guide that would enable me to exercise more effectively. This is it! It's terrific! Many, many exercises are fully explained (all with diagrams,) from stretching to working with weights. The book is written so a novice like me can easily understand every concept, yet the level of thoroughness is really amazing. Mental approach, setting goals, creating an individualized program, danger signs (that indicate over-exercise) are all discussed in an intelligent, yet readable way. Even the stuff that doesn't apply to me-- the professional trainer pointers regarding setting up a business, how to market yourself, legal matters, etc. are interesting reading. The style is friendly and sometimes humorous, yet serious and to the point. I also like the ever-present integrity of the author's viewpoint. She's not at all shy about telling it like it is. I expected a hard-to-read technical manual. I am quite pleasantly surprised. Wish I could give it an 11!
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Outdated information and poorly presented reference material,
By "muscle76" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Personal Trainer's Handbook (Paperback)
New trainers looking for a reference handbook will not benfit from spending money on this handbook. Douglas Brooks' "Going Solo" and "Program Design for Personal Trainers" has more high quality information for new trainers. This handbook just contains the same generic fitness guidelines of most fitness books that can be gotten for free through various websites. For basic reference with a higher quality publication, ACE's "Personal Trainer Manual" covers everything you need with more easy to find quick reference tools and high quality demonstrations, where this handbook is crammed text with a poor layout making it difficult to quickly find basic information since you have to sort through the author's excess commentary. For non-professionals, Ian King's "Book of Muscle" will give a wealth of easy and solid information for the beginner looking for a hardcover manual. This is definitely not for anyone looking for cutting edge info or how to really develop effective exercise programs. The many free resources at ACE, ACSM and NSCA's websites give you the same information without wasting your money.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thanks for writing this book, Ms. O'Brien,
By "oliviadd" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Personal Trainer's Handbook (Paperback)
As an aspiring personal training entrepreneur, I bought your book after it was recommended by the chairman of the Exercise Physiology Department at a major university. I give your book an enthusiastic thumbs up to ANYONE who wants to make fitness their life, or even their hobby The legal forms are priceless, the section on handling difficult clients is indispensible and the resistance training form guide is great! I have told all my colleagues to buy it, and the chairman I referred to adopting it as the textbook for my alma mater's 'personal training business' instruction class. Thanks for writing this book, Ms. O'Brien.
|
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Business, Finance & Law > Careers > Career Guides
- Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Fitness & Exercise
- Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Medical & Healthcare Practitioners > Other Branches of Medicine > Sports Injuries
- Books > Reference
- Books > Science & Nature > Medicine > Education > Teaching Aids
- Books > Science & Nature > Medicine > Reference
- Books > Science & Nature > Physics > Reference
- Books > Sports, Hobbies & Games > Training & Coaching > Fitness Training
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
