The Complete Guide to Exercise to Music

by Debbie Lawrence

Overview

The Complete Guide to Exercise to Music (3rd edition) is a practical handbook for the regular exerciser who wishes to know more about the enormous benefits of training to music, and the fitness professional who seeks a thorough grounding in Level 2 and 3 knowledge.

This 3rd edition is fully updated to include:
- Aspects of the core and skills-based knowledge for Level 2 and 3 ETM instructors
- The latest research on safety in the exercise environment
- Adapting ETM for special populations
- Over 200 colour photographs demonstrating stretches and exercises

Exercise to Music is one of the core modules of the Level 2 gym instructors syllabus, and a new Level 3 qualification was added in January 2008. This edition covers all this knowledge, using revision notes and tests as useful tools for the readers' study.

The Complete Guide to Exercise to Music is the reference on this discipline for everyone involved in the health and fitness industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408125878
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/24/2015
Series:	Complete Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Debbie Lawrence is a highly regarded fitness professional and author of a number of books for A&C Black. She is also a qualified counsellor, and currently works as an external verifier and technical contributor for CYQ and an evaluator for SkillsActive/REPS. She also coordinates and delivers Teacher Education Training programmes (PTLLS/DTLLS) at college-level.
Debbie Lawrence is a consultant and writer for the health and fitness industry and has over 30 years' experience as a fitness professional and educator. She is a qualified integrative counselor, a student of yoga and has a special interest in mental health and well-being. She has written a number of qualification and training resources for some of the leading awarding and training organisations in the sector, including: CYQ, The Open University, Active IQ, Yfit, VTCT and EDI.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction

PART ONE: Why Exercise to Music?
1 The benefits of exercise to music
2 Music and choreography

PART TWO: Designing an Exercise to Music Programme
3 Selecting a programme format
4 Designing a warm-up
5 Designing a cool-down

PART THREE: Approaches to Exercise to Music
6 Designing a cardiovascular training programme
7 Designing a step training programme
8 Designing a muscular fitness (strength and endurance) training programme
9 Designing a core stability training programme
10 Designing a circuit training programme
11 Designing a stretch and relax (mind and body) programme

PART FOUR: Health, safety and special populations
12 Safety in the exercise environment
13 Adapting ETM to work with special populations

References and recommended reading
Useful addresses
Index