Your Step by Step Guide to Completing the
Personal Trainer WorkshopTest Preparation Course
National Council on Strength & FitnessP.O. Box 163908Miami, FL 33116
Phone: 800.772.NCSF Fax 305.256.7722Web: www.NCSF.org Email: [email protected]
HOW TO STUDY...............BEFORE OR AFTER YOUR WORKSHOP
Unit OneFunctional Anatomy
Order Study Material Assignment Completed 1 ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 1 Functional Anatomy ! ! !
2 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 1 Functional Anatomy ! !
3 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 2 Biomechanics! ! !
4 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 2 Biomechanics! !
5 ! ! Concepts of Training (CD) ! View Functional Anatomy ! ! !
6 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 4 Biomechanics ! ! !
Unit TwoExercise Physiology
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1 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 3 Muscle Physiology ! !
2 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 3 Muscle Physiology ! !
3 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 4 Endocrine System ! !
4 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 4 Endocrine System! !
5 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 5 Bioenergetics! ! !
6 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 5 Bioenergetics ! !
7 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 6 Cardiovascular Physiology !
8 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 6 Cardiovascular Physiology !
9 ! ! Concepts of Training (CD) ! View Exercise Physiology ! ! !
10 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 3 Cardiovascular Physiology !
Unit ThreeNutrition
Order Study Material Assignment Completed 1 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 7 Energy Yielding Nutrients!
2 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 7 Energy Yielding Nutrients!
3 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 8 Non-Energy Yielding Nutrients!
4 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 8 Non-Energy Yielding ! Nutrients 5 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 9 Nutritional Supplementation !
6 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 9 Nutritional Supplementation !
7 ! Concepts of Training (CD)! View Nutritional Concepts ! ! !
8 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 9 Nutritional Overview!
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Unit FourWeight Management
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1 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 10 Body Composition ! !
2 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 10 Body Composition ! !
3 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 11 Weight Management ! !
4 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 11 Weight Management !
5 ! ! Concepts of Training (CD) ! View Weight Management ! ! !
6 ! ! DVD Video ! ! ! View Assessments: Body Composition ! !
7 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 10 Weight Management and! Body Composition
Unit FiveHealth and Physical Fitness & Screening and Evaluation
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1 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 12 Physical Fitness and Health !
2 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 12 Physical Fitness and! Health
3 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 1 Health and Physical Fitness!
4 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 13 Pre-Exercise Screening and! Test Considerations
5 ! ! Study Guide ! ! ! Complete Lesson 13 Pre-Exercise Screening! and Test Consideration
6 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 2 Health Screening & ! ! Evaluation
7 ! ! Concepts of Training (CD) ! View Health Screening & Evaluation ! !
8 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 14 Assessment of Physical !! Fitness
9 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 14 Assessment of ! ! Physical Fitness
10 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 3 Cardiovascular Exercise ! Assessment
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Unit SixExercise Programming and Training Techniques I
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1 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 15 Exercise Program ! ! Components
2 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 15 Exercise Program ! ! Components
3 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 16 Flexibility Assessment and ! Programming
4 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 16 Flexibility Assessment ! and Programming
5 ! ! Concepts of Training (CD) ! View Flexibility Training Considerations!
6 ! ! DVD Video ! ! ! View Assessments: Movement Screen ! !
7 ! ! DVD Video ! ! ! View Flexibility Techniques! ! !
8 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 7 Training and Prescription for ! Flexibility and Function
9 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 17 Programming for ! ! Cardiovascular Fitness
10 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 17 Programming for ! ! Cardiovascular Fitness
11 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 3 Cardiovascular Exercise ! Prescription ! !
Unit SevenExercise Programming and Training Techniques II
Order Study Material Assignment Completed 1 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 18 Anaerobic Training! !
2 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 18 Anaerobic Training! !
3 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 19 Resistance Training! ! Techniques
4 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 19 Resistance Training! Techniques
5 ! ! Concepts of Training (CD) ! View Resistance Training Concepts! !
6 ! ! Concepts of Training (CD) ! View Low Back Considerations! ! !
7 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 5 Warm-up ! ! !
8 DVD Video View Functional Warm-up
! ! ! ! ! ! ! Abdominal Training! ! !
! ! ! ! ! ! ! Low Back Training! ! !
! ! ! ! ! ! ! Rotator Cuff Training! ! !
9 ! ! DVD Video ! ! ! View Upper Body Resistance Training! !
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Unit Seven (Continued)Exercise Programming and Training Techniques II (Continued)
Order Study Material Assignment Completed 10 ! ! DVD Video ! ! ! View Lower Body Resistance Training! !
11 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 8 Resistance Training! !
12 ! ! Workshop Reference Guide ! Refer to Section 11 Resistance Training! ! Practical
13 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 20 Functional Training! ! Concepts
14 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 20 Functional Training! Concepts
15 ! ! DVD Video ! ! ! View Core Stabilization ! ! ! !
16 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 21 Creating an Exercise! ! Prescription
17 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 21 Creating an Exercise ! Prescription
Unit EightSpecial Populations
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1 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 22 Working with Special! ! Populations
2 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 22 Working with Special ! Population
Unit NineProfessional Ethics
Order Study Material Assignment Completed 1 ! ! Textbook ! ! ! Read Chapter 23 Ethics and Professional !! Behavior
2 ! ! Study Guide! ! ! Complete Lesson 23 Ethics and Professional! Behavior
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