ACSM's Health - Related PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESMENT MANUAL

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Published by the American College of Sports Medicine, this authoritative manual teaches health fitness professionals and students how to appropriately conduct fitness assessment testing. The goal of this Fourth Edition of ACSM’s Health-Related Physical Fitness Manual is to provide a comprehensive overview of why and how to perform assessments of the five health-related components of physical fitness, namely body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and cardiorespiratory fitness. FEATURES • Reorganized and expanded information, including discussion of unique assessment principles and the major limitations of some assessment methods • Step-by-step instructions for assessment of health-related physical fitness and resources for interpretation of test results. • Updated references to ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, Ninth Edition. • More than 110 boxes, tables, and figures to help the reader understand the concepts of healthrelated physical fitness. • Case study analysis at the conclusion of each assessment chapter and suggested laboratory activities to help students master the concepts of health-related physical fitness.