ACE PT4th manual

The American Council on Exercise is proud to introduce the Fourth Edition of its ACE Personal Trainer Manual. This all-new textbook, which was written by a group of 14 industry experts, is designed to fill an important need in the fitness industry . In the past, many newcomers to personal training would read a textbook presenting fitness assessments, detailing resistance-, flexibility-, and cardiorespiratory-training programs, and providing motivational tools, and ask the same question—“Okay, so now what?” In other words, how does the reader assimilate all of this seemingly disparate information into a safe and effective training program for each of his or her clients? The ACE Integrated Fitness TrainingTM (ACE IFTTM) Model, which is a central feature of this new manual and is presented in Part III: The ACE Integrated Fitness Training Model (Chapters 5–12), should serve as a blueprint when meeting, assessing, and training clients, from recently sedentary adults who are just getting started and seek improved overall health to elite-level athletes working to enhance a specific aspect of their athletic performance .