Strength Training for Seniors: An Instructor Guide for Developing Safe and Effective Programs - Be Informed, Aware, Comfortable, and Safe!

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Strength Training for Seniors: An Instructor Guide for Developing Safe and Effective Programs

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Wayne Westcott and Tom Baechle, two internationally recognized weight training experts, have written this research-based guide for instructors at health clubs, YMCAs, community centers, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other organizations who want to help older adults reap the diverse, far-reaching benefits of strength training.

Summarizing current research and supplying multiple references for each topic, Strength Training for Seniors: An Instructor Guide for Developing Safe and Effective Programs provides all the tools you need to serve the older adults in your community:

â€¢ General guidelines for senior strength training
â€¢ Specific teaching strategies and training procedures
â€¢ Detailed instructions and illustrations for free-weight and machine exercises
â€¢ Sample 10-week free-weight and machine workout programs
â€¢ Tips for modifying the programs to meet each clientâ€™s needs, abilities, and limitations
â€¢ Alternative exercises using bodyweight and elastic bands
â€¢ Practical methods for assessing progress
â€¢ Nutritional guidelines

If you want to gain the understanding and the confidence you need to develop effective workouts for older adults, Strength Training for Seniors is for you!

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on 2007-03-09

I'm an ACE-certified personal trainer and was looking for some good information and new exercises to use with my client who is in their 60s. This book took basic strength training exercises and had a picture of a senior doing the exercise. Nothing in this book was new to me. If you are a physically active senior, this book may be all right for you. If you are a senior who has been sedentary or who is looking to improve upon daily activities of living, this book may not be right for you.

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on 2007-01-10

I'd recommend the version meant for the end user, however, unless you are actually an instructor. I got both but it was redundant. The core stuff for the weight lifter is in both books. Key thing is that it is very convincing that older folk, those above say 50, can and should do weight lifting. It's a good addition to all the other good stuff you should be doing. This book eases nubie's like myself, into weightlifting, even if we opt to use set equipment rather than free weights. Both free weights and other gym equipment is portrayed in this book.