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Preparing for the ACSM Health/Fitness Instructor Certification Examination, Second Edition, is the only comprehensive text written specifically for those preparing for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Health/Fitness Instructor Certification Exam. It is now updated with the latest exam requirements and full of valuable review tips, practice opportunities, and test-taking strategies.

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Part II presents nearly 600 study questions. One chapter is devoted to questions from each of the exam’s 10 content areas to help you pinpoint your areas of strength and weakness. Each study question is designed to assess your knowledge, skills, and abilities as measured against ACSM’s standards for certification. At the end of each study question chapter, you’ll find a detailed answer sheet with the answers to the questions and a list of references, complete with page numbers telling you where to go for more information. Two special chapters also prepare you to solve metabolic equations and answer questions when exam information is presented as a case study.

In the appendixes, you’ll find a complete 115-question practice exam that tests your readiness for the actual exam. It simulates the exam in terms of length, time limit, and content.

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Secrets of the ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist Exam helps you ace the American College of Sports Medicine Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist Exam, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive Secrets of the ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist Exam study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. Secrets of the ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist Exam includes: The 5 Secret Keys to ACSM Exam Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; A comprehensive Content review including: Exercise Assessment, Medical Pre-Screening, Complete Blood Count, Heart Rate, Ccholesterol Levels, Blood Pressure, Fasting Blood Glucose Levels, Hydrostatic Weighing, Motivating Factors, Accelerometer, Objective and Subjective Measurements, Paraplegia, American Spinal Injury Association, Vascular Lung Diseases, Akinesis, Hypokinesis, Incidence and Sensitivity, Negligence, American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Exercise Training, Aerobic Exercise, Strength and Flexibility Training, Interval Training, Types of Exercises, Passive Stretching, Periodization, Asthma, Exercise Reabilitation, Diabetes, Weight Loss, and much more...
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Secrets of the ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist Exam helps you ace the American College of Sports Medicine Certified Health Fitness Specialist Exam, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive Secrets of the ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist Exam study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. Secrets of the ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist Exam includes: The 5 Secret Keys to ACSM Exam Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; A comprehensive Content review including: Muscle Training, Physical Activity Recommendations, Stages of Progression, Cardio-Respiratory Conditioning, Flexibility Exercises, Types of Muscular Contractions, Measuring Body Composition, Warm-Ups and Cool-Downs, Exercise Class Format, Basic Standing Exercises, Exercise Prescription, Proper Floor Exercises, Monitoring Intensity and Frequency, Teaching Strategies, Setting Exercise Goals, Motivation, Proper Lifting Techniques, Bench Press Activities, Types of Muscle Soreness, Exercise Systems, Circuit Training, Proper Machine Use, Exercise Physiology, Principle of Steady State, Principles of Movement, Anatomical Position, and much more...
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Flashcard Study System of the ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist Exam uses repetitive methods of study to teach you how to break apart and quickly solve difficult test questions on the American College of Sports Medicine Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist Exam. Study after study has shown that spaced repetition is the most effective form of learning, and nothing beats flashcards when it comes to making repetitive learning fun and fast. Our flashcards enable you to study small, digestible bits of information that are easy to learn and give you exposure to the different question types and concepts. Flashcard Study System of the ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist Exam covers: Physical Activity Benefits and Risks, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Cardiac Patients, American Heart Association Risk Classification, Pre-Exercise Evaluations, Spirometry, Anthropometric Measurements, Obesity, Clinical Exercise Testing, Echocardiography, RPE scales, Weight Training, Stretching Exercises, Modifications for Cardiac Patients, Myocardial Ischemia, Other Clinical Conditions Influencing, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, Bone Mineral Density (BMD), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Testing for Children and Elderly People, Uptake and Energy Production, Anaerobic Threshold, End Diastolic Volume (EDV), Fick Equation, Maximal Oxygen Consumption, Muscle Fatigue, General Principles of Movement, Mixed-impact Aerobics, Cardiovascular System, Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Ischemia, Sinoatrial Node, Ischemic Cascade, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Tachydysrhythmias, Pulmonary System and Its Diseases, Obstructive Lung Diseases, Asthma, Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPT), Emphysema, Cardiopulmonary Adaptations, Vascular Lung Disease, Metabolic Equivalents (METs), Metabolic Disease and Exercise, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Metabolic Syndrome, Chronic Renal Failure, Musculoskeletal System, Sliding-filament Theory, and much more...
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Secrets of the ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist Exam helps you ace the American College of Sports Medicine Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist Exam, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive Secrets of the ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist Exam study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. Secrets of the ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist Exam includes: The 5 Secret Keys to ACSM Exam Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; A comprehensive Content review including: Physical Activity Benefits and Risks, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Cardiac Patients, American Heart Association Risk Classification, Pre-Exercise Evaluations, Spirometry, Anthropometric Measurements, Obesity, Clinical Exercise Testing, Echocardiography, RPE scales, Weight Training, Stretching Exercises, Modifications for Cardiac Patients, Myocardial Ischemia, Other Clinical Conditions Influencing, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, Bone Mineral Density (BMD), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Testing for Children and Elderly People, Uptake and Energy Production, Anaerobic Threshold, and much more...
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Secrets of the ACSM Personal Trainer Exam helps you ace the American College of Sports Medicine Personal Trainer Exam, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive Secrets of the ACSM Personal Trainer Exam study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. Secrets of the ACSM Personal Trainer Exam includes: The 5 Secret Keys to ACSM Personal Trainer Exam Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid 'Fact Traps', Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; A comprehensive review including: ACSM Personal Trainer Exam Content, ACSM Personal Trainer Exam Cost, Exercise Terminology, BMI, Males vs. Females, Respiratory Review, MET Review, Circulatory System, Course of Circulation, The Heart, Cardiovascular Conditions, Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale, Major Hormones, Nutrition Review, LDH vs. HDL, Anorexia vs. Bulimia, Axial Skeleton, Appendicular Skeleton, Muscular System, Contraction, Types of Muscle Fibers, Circuit Training, Detraining, Fluid Intake Recommendations, Periodization, Stretching Exercises, Heart Rate, Strength and Safety Guidelines, Order of Exercises, Injury Review, Exercises, Breathing Review, Determining 1 Rep Max, and much more...
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