This book/CD-ROM package can be used as a resource by those studying for the Can-Fit-Pro personal training specialist certification. A section on fitness theory and applications covers topics
such as nutrition, bioenergetics, skeletal anatomy, and muscular concepts. The next section offers two chapters on pre-exercise screening and fitness assessment. The third section covers
program design, with chapters on program design concepts and typical personal training programs, and a final section looks at professional issues, including the psychology of personal training
and business aspects of the field. Learning features in these sections include chapter objectives, case studies, and b&w illustrations. Sample forms are also included. About half of the
book is composed of appendices of photo-illustrated exercises and stretches, plus tables of fitness norms for health and performance. The companion CD-ROM is called Essentials of Interactive
Functional Anatomy. Author information is not given. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
