DESCRIPTION
Whether the setting is a fitness center or an activity class, instructors need both Weight Training: Steps to Success and Weight Training Instruction: Steps to Success. The participant book presents the techniques involved in weight training and the instructor guide shows you how to teach those techniques effectively.
The companion instructor guide is the only resource available that shows you step by step how to plan, prepare, implement, and evaluate a technically sound and safe total-body weight training program. The book enables you to individualize instruction by identifying your students' changing needs as they progress to more intense workouts.
Although each of the 16 steps (chapters) corresponds to one in the participant book, the instructor guide gives you the flexibility to set up and plan lessons according to your teaching situation. You'll also find many ready-to-use tools that promote successful teaching and learning, including
p tips on class management, safety, and reducing your liability;
p 36 rating charts for easy evaluation of student skill levels;
p a basic total-body program for both free weights and machines (single- or multistation pivot and cam);
p equipment location guidelines for maximum safety;
p teaching cues to maximize learning;
p concepts to emphasize in class lectures;
p 80 student drills;
p a bank of 100 test questions;
p 9 program design checkpoints to help students design their own programs; and
p sample forms for a unit plan and an early lesson plan.
Weight Training Instruction: Steps to Success and Weight Training: Steps to Success enables fitness instructors, personal trainers, teachers, and coaches to provide their students the knowledge they need to safely participate in weight training and develop their own programs.
AUDIENCE
How-to for fitness instructors, personal trainers, teachers, and coaches.
CONTENTS
Series Preface
Preface
Implementing the Steps to Success Staircase
Preparing Your Class for Success
Safety and Technique Fundamentals
Step 1. Using Equipment Safely
Step 2. Lifting and Spotting Fundamentals
Teaching Procedures
Step 3. Procedures for Teaching Exercise Techniques
Presenting Exercises for the Basic Program
Step 4. Teaching a Chest Exercise
Step 5. Teaching a Back Exercise
Step 6. Teaching a Shoulder Exercise
Step 7. Teaching a Biceps (Arm) Exercise
Step 8. Teaching a Triceps (Arm) Exercise
Step 9. Teaching a Leg Exercise
Step 10. Teaching an Abdominal Exercise
Program Implementation
Steps 11-12. Preparing Students for Workouts #1 to #15
Program Design
Steps 13-15. Program Design Concepts Lecture
Step 16. Program Design Project Lecture
Evaluation Ideas
Test Bank
Appendixes
Appendix A. How To Use the Knowledge Structure Overview Appendix B.1. How To Use the Scope and Teaching Sequence Form Appendix B.2. Sample Scope and Teaching Technique
Appendix C.1. How To Use the Lesson Plan Form
Appendix C.2. Sample Lesson Plan
Appendix D.1. 3-Days-a-Week Workout Chart
Appendix D.2. 4-Days-a-Week Workout Chart
Appendix E. Kilogram Conversion Table
References
Suggested Readings
About the Authors
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Thomas R. Baechle, EdD, is the executive director of the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists Agency, the certifying body for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He is a past president of the NSCA and in 1985 was named their Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year. Dr. Baechle is also the chair of the Department of Exercise Science and director of the Phase III Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Creighton University, where he has received several honors, including an Excellence in Teaching Award.
For 16 years Dr.
