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Exercise for Older Adults: ACE's Guide for Fitness Professionals offers the essential information fitness professionals need to provide older adults with safe and effective fitness programming, from the physiology of aging to the techniques and tools for motivating and communicating with older adults. Personal trainers, activity directors, health educators and fitness facility managers are among those who will benefit from this valuable resource.
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Covers professional trainer how-tos. Chapters discuss physiological and functional changes associated with aging, ways to effectively communicate with older adults, the adaptation of exercise programs to age-related medical conditions, the physiological and psychological effects of common medications, assessment protocols, a variety of useful exercises with guidelines and ideas for necessary modifications, and suggestions on how to design and structure programs for individuals and groups. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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