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• Understand the science of resistance training and how to apply it in designing effective training programs.
  
• Discuss general guidelines for any type of resistance training and the principles of exercise prescription.
  
• Develop resistance training programs for women, children, and senior populations.
  
• Develop individualized resistance training workouts to meet the needs of clients, athletes, and fitness participants.

Chapter 1. Basic Principles of Resistance Training and Exercise Prescription

Basic Definitions

Maximal Voluntary Muscle Actions Intensity

Training Volume

Rest Periods

Velocity Specificity

Muscle Action Specificity

Muscle Group Specificity

Energy Source Specificity

Periodization

Progressive Overload

Safety Aspects

Summary

Chapter 2. Types of Strength Training

Isometric Training

Dynamic Constant External Resistance Training

Variable Resistance Training

Isokinetic Training

Eccentric Training

Considerations for All Types of Training

Comparison of Training Types

Summary

Chapter 3. Physiological Adaptations to Resistance Training

Physiological Adaptations

Bioenergetics

Skeletal Muscle Fibers

Nervous System Adaptations

Body Composition Changes

Hormonal Systems in Resistance Exercise and Training

Connective Tissue

Cardiovascular Adaptations

Summary

Chapter 4. Integrating Other Fitness Components

Compatibility of Exercise Programs

Basics of Cardiorespiratory Training

Stretching and Flexibility

Summary

Chapter 5. Developing the Individualized Resistance Training Workout

Program Choices

Needs Analysis

Program Design

Acute Program Variables

Training Potential

Setting Program Goals

Summary

Chapter 6. Resistance Training Systems and Techniques

Single-Set Systems

Express Circuits

Multiple-Set Systems

Exercise Order Systems

Training Techniques Applicable to Other Systems

Specialized Systems and Techniques

Summary

Chapter 7. Advanced Training Strategies

Periodization of Resistance Training

Comparative Studies

Power Development

Plyometrics

Two Training Sessions in One Day

Summary

Chapter 8. Detraining

Types of Detraining

Physiological Mechanisms of Strength Loss

Effects of Muscle Action Type

Detraining Effects on Bone

Detraining the Bulked-Up Athlete

Summary

Chapter 9. Women and Resistance Training

Physiological and Performance Differences Between Sexes

Training in Women

Women’s Hormonal Responses to Resistance Training

Menstrual Cycle

Bone Density

Knee Injuries

General Needs Analysis

Summary

Chapter 10. Children and Resistance Training

Training Adaptations

Injury Concerns

Program Considerations

Program Progression

Sample Sessions

Equipment Modifications and Organizational Difficulties

Program Philosophy

Summary

Chapter 11. Resistance Training for Seniors

Hormonal Changes With Age and Resistance Training

Body Composition Changes in Seniors

Changes in Physical Performance With Age

Resistance Training Adaptations in Seniors

Developing a Resistance Training Program for Seniors

Summary

A continuing education course for strength and conditioning professionals and coaches, athletic trainers, personal trainers, and health and fitness professionals.

Steven J. Fleck, PhD, is an associate professor in health, exercise science, and sport management at the University of Wisconsin at Parkside. He earned a PhD in exercise physiology from Ohio State University in 1978. He has headed the physical conditioning program of the U.S. Olympic Committee; served as strength coach for the German Volleyball Association; and coached high school track, basketball, and football. Fleck is a former vice president of basic and applied research and the current president of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the NSCA. He was honored in 1991 as the NSCA Sport Scientist of the Year and received that organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.

William J. Kraemer, PhD, is a professor in the department of kinesiology in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He holds joint appointments as a professor in the department of physiology and neurobiology and as a professor of medicine at the UConn Health School of Medicine Center on Aging. 

He earned a PhD in physiology from the University of Wyoming in 1984. Kraemer held the John and Janice Fisher Endowed Chair in Exercise Physiology and was director of the Human Performance Laboratory and a professor at Ball State University from 1998 until June 2001. He also was a professor at the Indiana School of Medicine. At Pennsylvania State University, he was professor of applied physiology, director of research in the Center for Sports Medicine, associate director of the Center for Cell Research, and faculty member in the kinesiology department and the Noll Physiological Research Center. He is a fellow of the ACSM and past president of the NSCA. Kraemer has been honored by the NSCA with both their Outstanding Sport Scientist Award and Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006 the NSCA’s Outstanding Sport Scientist Award was named in his honor. He is editor in chief of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.