Full Description
Editor Dr. Alexios Batrakoulis has brought together 48 of the field's top researchers and practitioners to build this one-of-a-kind resource. From assessment to application, Obesity and Weight Management: The Exercise Professional's Guide to Fitness Programming equips practitioners with the knowledge to safely and effectively address client needs and challenges.
The text provides fitness professionals with the tools they need to help more clients with overweight and obesity become successful in getting stronger, fitter, and healthier. Tools such as exercise preparticipation interviews, health history screenings, and a cardiovascular disease risk factor analysis will give readers skills they can immediately implement with clients in the real world.
Readers will encounter the latest information regarding the epidemiology, definition, and classification of overweight and obesity, preparing them to meet larger-bodied clients where they are. The text also explains the role of an exercise professional as a valuable member of a multidisciplinary client health care team. To help practitioners create engaging plans for clients, the book comes with 21 sample workouts and more:
15 warm-up movements
10 movement prep activities
13 warm-up games
87 resistance training exercises
27 balance and coordination exercises
21 cool-down movements and stretches
At the end of the first 12 chapters, readers will find a summary, key points, several multiple-choice recap questions, and short case studies to help them engage deeply with the content. Twelve longer case studies included in chapter 14 provide readers with the opportunity to think practically and evaluate real-life scenarios. Readers will have access to online content, including a section on translating overweight and obesity research into practice, a section on business and marketing strategies, and all the references from the text.
An authoritative resource for exercise professionals, Obesity and Weight Management bridges the gap between research and practice in creating solutions for safe, effective, and personalized fitness journeys.
Contents
Foreword
Dr. Walter R. Thompson
Part I. The Science
Chapter 1. Understanding Overweight and Obesity
Renee Rogers, PhD, and Sara Kovacs, PhD
Chapter 2. The Role of an Exercise Professional
Christie L. Ward-Ritacco, PhD, and Alison C. Berg, PhD
Chapter 3. The Role of Exercise in Weight Management and Obesity
John M. Jakicic, PhD, and Landon Deru, PhD
Chapter 4. Coaching Lifestyle Modification and Behavior Change
Rachelle Acitelli Reed, PhD, and Susie Reiner, PhD
Part II. The Assessment
Chapter 5. Exercise Preparticipation Interview and Health Screening
Deborah Riebe, PhD, and Christie L. Ward-Ritacco, PhD
Chapter 6. Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessments
Meir Magal, PhD, and Kathleen S. Thomas, PhD
Part III. The Application
Chapter 7. Warm-Up Concepts
Amy Bantham, PhD, Rachele Pojednic, PhD, and Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD
Chapter 8. Muscular Fitness
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, Michael Stack, BS, and Kia Williams, MS
Chapter 9. Neuromotor Fitness
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, Leslie A. Stenger, EdD, and Elizabeth Kovar, MA
Chapter 10. Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Tony NuÑez, PhD, Elizabeth Kovar, MA, and Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD
Chapter 11. Flexibility Training and Cool-Down Techniques
Elizabeth Kovar, MA, and Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD
Part IV. The Programming
Chapter 12. Program Design
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, and Anoop Balachandran, PhD
Chapter 13. Sample Workouts
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, Rodiel Kirby Baloy, DPT, John Bauer, Vula Bolou, Lee Boyce, Ryan Carver, BS, Christine M. Conti, MEd, Grace DeSimone, BA, Brett Klika, BS, Lauren Korzan, MA, Jonathan Mike, PhD, Michael Piercy, MS, Keli Roberts, Melody Schoenfeld, MS, Lauren Shroyer, MS, and Summer Sides
Chapter 14. Case Study Scenarios
Stephanie Cooper, PhD, Daniel Green, BA, Farel B. Hruska, Michael R. Mantell, PhD, Tracy L. Markley, Cherie O'Neill (Kroh), EdD, Brian Richey, BS, Jonathan Ross, Louise Valentine, MPH, Maurice Williams, MS, and Mary Yoke, PhD
Appendix. Chapter Quiz and Case Study Answers
Glossary
Index
