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Essential Guide to Fitness: For the Fitness Instructor, 5th Edition | AU/NZ

Rosemary Marchese, Julie Taylor, Kirsten Fagan

  • Copyright 2023
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Essential Guide to Fitness: For the Fitness Instructor 5th Edition by Rosemary Marchese/Julie Taylor/Kirsten Fagan
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Overview

The market-leading Essential Guide to Fitness for the Fitness Instructor addresses the Certificate III in Fitness (SIS30321) and is the only fully local, comprehensive text for this qualification. It features rich foundation content on anatomy,

physiology, and nutrition, as well as fitness orientation, programming, WHS and equipment. The structure of the text highlights learning outcomes and contains an abundance of application cases, activities and quizzes. Resources for the instructor include mapping grid and solutions manual.

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Meet the Authors

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Rosemary Marchese

Rosemary Marchese is one of Australia’s leading fitness educators, with over 20 years’ experience in the fitness and health industries. She is a highly recognised author and writer, and has worked first-hand with the general public as a fitness instructor, a personal trainer and a group-exercise instructor. Rosemary has been the Chairwoman of the Academic Advisory Board for a leading fitness registered training organisation, and consulted in both private and public training organisations.

Julie Taylor

Julie Taylor is a highly experienced eLearning Technologist and award-winning TAFE/University Lecturer, currently a Senior Education Officer in TAFE NSW. Julie works with all disciplines as quality advisor in blended delivery.

Kirsten Fagan

Kirsten Fagan is Head of Department - Lifestyle and Tourism and Events at Holmesglen TAFE. Kirsten has been a personal trainer for the past 15 years, and had a professional basketball career within Australia, Europe and USA. Kirsten has also lectured in Universities, RTOs and TAFEs in Australia, and the USA.

What's New

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  • Updated MindTap eLearning option with interactive learning activities for students
  • Five NEW chapters, First Aid and Emergencies, Personal Development & Business, Group exercise sessions, Financial transactions and Sustainable work practices
  • Content updated to the latest SIS Training Package. The heading hierarchy has been updated to align with the elements and performance criteria of the Training Package Unit of Competency
  • NEW chapter - Personal Development & Business

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  • Core competency coverage in one comprehensive resource with additional online competency material
  • Synergy with companion volume for Certificate IV – addresses RPL for the Certificate IV
  • Interactive learning in challenging subjects like Anatomy and Physiology, fitness testing and exercise to engage students and assist program completion
  • Close alignment of learning objectives with competency elements for training delivery
  • MindTap. Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform - the personalised eLearning solution. MindTap is a flexible and easy-to-use platform that helps build student confidence and gives you a clear picture of their progress. We partner with you to ease the transition to digital – we’re with you every step of the way. MindTap is full of innovative resources to support critical thinking, and help your students move from memorisation to mastery! Includes: Marchese, Essential Guide to Fitness eBook, polling questions, quizzing, labelling activities, research activities, workout templates, dietary guides and more. MindTap is a premium purchasable eLearning tool. Contact your Cengage learning consultant to find out how MindTap can transform your course.
  • Instructor Resource Pack. Premium resources that provide additional instructor support are available for this text, including PowerPoints, Test Banks, Instructors handbook, additional online chapters and artwork from the text. These resources save you time and are a convenient way to add more depth to your classes, covering additional content and with an exclusive selection of engaging features aligned with the text. The Instructor Resource Pack is included for institutional adoptions of this text when certain conditions are met. The pack is available to purchase for course-level adoptions of the text or as a standalone resource. Contact your Cengage learning consultant for more information.

Table of Contents

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Part 1 Introduction to the human body and healthy eating
1 Anatomy and physiology
2 Nutrition

Part 2 Fitness orientation and health screening
3 Fitness orientation and health screening
4 Fitness appraisals

Part 3 Fitness programming, instruction, and equipment
5 Gym fitness programs
6 Endurance training programs
7 Fitness equipment

Part 4 Risk analysis and work health and safety
8 Risk analysis and work health and safety
9 First aid and emergencies

Part 5 Specific market and populations
10 Fitness for specific populations
11 Older populations
12 Children and adolescents
13 Group exercise sessions
14 Facilitating groups
15 Customer service

Part 6 Business
16 Personal development and business

Online-only chapters
17 Community fitness programs
18 Instruct water-based fitness activities
19 Sustainable work practices
20 Financial transactions

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  • ISBN-10: 0170461599
  • ISBN-13: 9780170461597
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Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform - the personalised eLearning solution. MindTap is a flexible and easy-to-use platform that helps build student confidence and gives you a clear picture of their progress. We partner with you to ease the transition to digital – we’re with you every step of the way. MindTap is full of innovative resources to support critical thinking, and help your students move from memorisation to mastery! Includes: eBook, Polling questions, quizzing, labelling activities, research activities, workout templates, dietary guides and more. MindTap is a premium purchasable eLearning tool. Contact your Cengage learning consultant to find out how MindTap can transform your course.