Smarter Workouts 2nd Edition Online CE Exam With Ebook

This package includes the following:

• Smarter Workouts, Second Edition, ebook
• Online continuing education exam

Get the results clients want without spending hours in the gym.

Smarter Workouts, Second Edition Online CE Exam, provides a set of efficient, effective, and simple workout programs that target your clients’ personal goals—and require either no equipment or only one piece of equipment.

This ebook not only guides you through recommended workouts but also helps you determine what will work best for each individual client. Maximize your time and effort with science-backed programs designed to help clients add and maintain lean muscle mass.

Regardless of age or experience, everyone can benefit from quality workouts that promote mobility and longevity. You will learn about the three types of workouts needed to meet your clients’ goals and how to safely incorporate them into their routine.

With organized plans andminimal-equipment exercises, Smarter Workouts, Second Edition, has everything you need to help clients flow quickly through their workouts.

After reading the ebook, certified professionals can take the companion CE exam to earn continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the benefits of mobility training.
• Create workouts by organizing the variables of exercise program design to improve mobility, strength, and metabolic conditioning.
• Identify various pieces of exercise equipment that can be used to design effective and efficient workouts.
• List the foundational patterns of human movement.
• Explain the difference between the contractile element and the elastic component of muscle.
• Describe how fascial structures function as integrated systems to organize and control movement.
• Demonstrate exercises that can be used to improve stability, mobility, dynamic balance, coordination, and strength.
• Identify the anatomical components of the core region of the human body.
• Describe the differences between linear and undulating periodization.
• Identify effective strategies for recovering from a challenging workout.
• Demonstrate effective strategies for exercising specific muscles.

Audience

Personal trainers, group fitness instructors, and other fitness professionals looking to choose ideal workouts for their clients’ lifestyle.

Smarter Workouts, Second Edition Table of Contents

Exercise Finder
Preface
Introduction

Part I. The Science and Why It Matters
Understand the physiology and the methodology of exercise to help shape your workouts.
Chapter 1. How Exercise Changes Your Body
Chapter 2. Movement and Intensity in Practice

Part II. Exercises and Workouts
Cover all your bases with a full range of workouts using a variety of equipment to maximize results.
Chapter 3. Mobility Training
Chapter 4. Strength Training
Chapter 5. Metabolic Conditioning

Part III. Get Fit and Stay Fit
Complete instructions on how to organize your fitness goals for long-term success.
Chapter 6. Designing Your Exercise Program
Chapter 7. Lifetime Programming

References

Pete McCall, MS, CSCS, is a personal trainer, education consultant, and public speaker. He currently works as a fitness instructor at the exclusive Rancho La Puerta Resort and Spa in Mexico. McCall also works as a consultant, creating and delivering education and content solutions for a variety of fitness organizations. Frequently quoted in publications such as The New York Times, Washington Post, The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Livestrong, McCall is a sought-after media resource for accurate, in-depth insights on how to get results from exercise.

Based in Vista, California, McCall holds a master’s degree in exercise science and health promotion, has the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) credential from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and has spent a large portion of his career educating personal trainers around the world as a workshop instructor and speaker. In addition to three books, Pete has authored numerous articles for fitness trade publications, exercise-science blogs, and textbook chapters.