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"The Complete Book of Personal Training" delivers exactly what the title promises and more, making it the most comprehensive and authoritative resource for you as a personal trainer, whether you are a newcomer to the field or have a well-established business.
The book is truly a complete resource. It's full of information about working with clients and designing programs, and it's also a practical guide to all aspects of the personal training business. "The Complete Book of Personal Training" will help you in the all aspects of your profession: -Learn applicable information on fitness testing and assessment.
-Identify your clients' goals and create fitness tests specifically for them.
-Properly train and help special populations.
-Understand the business side of personal training, including marketing yourself as a trainer, getting and retaining clients, and learning time management.
-Learn how to expand your business.Noted author, educator, and personal trainer Douglas Brooks digs deep into the world of personal training, offering solutions to the challenges that trainers face in daily life and providing answers to many of the questions personal trainers ask throughout their careers. More than just a training manual, this text explores the best ways to run your business--from marketing and promotions to record keeping and retirement planning. The book includes a thorough index to help readers quickly locate any topic, and more than 100 photos accurately illustrate proper techniques for dozens of exercises.
"The Complete Book of Personal Training" contains something for every personal trainer. It's the first reference of its kind to provide all the information you need to start, run, and grow a personal training business or career. The text is an essential tool to help you solve the daily organizational and business challenges of personal training.
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Known as the "trainer's trainer," Douglas Brooks is one of the premier personal trainers in the world. He is widely recognised through his numerous appearances on home shopping networks, infomercials, the Cable Health Club Network and fitness videos. He has been an ACE-certified personal trainer since 1983.
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82 of 90 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When I was first looking at this book on Amazon I thought to myself wow, this book is expensive (although there are alot more expensive books out there), but in the end I decided to go ahead with my purchase and I wasnt dissapointed.
The book is (as it says) the complete book of personal training. It is wrote by a well know author Douglas Brooks and the reading is straight forward and easy to understand. It covers a wide range of topics from setting up your own business to keeping clients, how to write the correct program upo for and how to progress your clients program correctly. It then goes on to discuss how to work with the older client, clients with various health related problems and more besides.
The book is a total of 598 pages and certainly a great read, I havent read it all yet, but from what I have read so far I certainly will be reading it all. I would recommend this book to others out there who wish to become a Personal trainer or even if you already are one (like me) because theres sure to be something to help you further in this book.
Dont be put off by the price, this book can and will teach you all you need to know to get you up and running with your own business. It isnt a boring book that seems to drag, but a more interesting book to read. You can also (as always) refer back to it at anytime....well worth the £40.00 asking price.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The title of this book is accurate in that it is an extremely comprehensive overview of 'Personal Training'.
However, in my opinion, in attempting to cover such a broad range of topics in one book means that certain areas are not covered in any meaningful depth. For example, the coverage of actual exercises to provide to clients is very limited. The author does indicate that exercise "prescription" is the realm of healthcare professionals: but providing actual exercises to clients is a large part of what personal trainers do and I feel the book should have included more exercises and how to perform them correctly. Conversely, the need to behave professionally as well as prevent or insure against personal liability, if something goes wrong, is very comprehensively covered .
In summary: generally an excellent book but if your'e looking for exercises to add to your repertoire you won't get them here.
However, in my opinion, in attempting to cover such a broad range of topics in one book means that certain areas are not covered in any meaningful depth. For example, the coverage of actual exercises to provide to clients is very limited. The author does indicate that exercise "prescription" is the realm of healthcare professionals: but providing actual exercises to clients is a large part of what personal trainers do and I feel the book should have included more exercises and how to perform them correctly. Conversely, the need to behave professionally as well as prevent or insure against personal liability, if something goes wrong, is very comprehensively covered .
In summary: generally an excellent book but if your'e looking for exercises to add to your repertoire you won't get them here.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read about this book online and decided to buy it. It is a very good reference, well written and well explained.
It covers lots of aspects and hopefully,it will help me further when I will be qualified as a personal trainer.
I will recommend this book.
It covers lots of aspects and hopefully,it will help me further when I will be qualified as a personal trainer.
I will recommend this book.
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The Complete Book of Personal Training
This book is extremely useful answers a great many questions, and is written in such a way, as to be easy to read and use as a reference, a must buy for any fitness enthusiast or... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Craig
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This book is a God send, perfectly laid out and well written,
An absolute must for any personal trainer!
An absolute must for any personal trainer!
Published 14 months ago by Sly
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I bought this book two years ago and still use it as a point of reference. It is really well written and concise.
Published on 1 Oct 2008 by P. Muldoon
Outstanding Tool for the Professional
This book is worth every penny! It is THE most comprehensive guide to all aspects of the business of Personal Training that I have ever seen. Read more
Published on 14 April 2008 by G. Herbertson
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