NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training 3rd Edition

Very happy with the price, I loaned out my book and never got it back so was happy to see that this was so affordable, it's not the most recent edition but still very educational.

I've had many certifications in my career as a personal trainer. I found this and my Peak Pilates PPS1 training to be most helpful. This gives you a system you can use to train any client at any level safely and effectively.

Trust me trainers. In order to pass the NASM exam all you need is this text book. You don't need anything else. Not the study guides, or the videos or the manuals or this or that. Just read the textbook, highlight the important s*** and take the exam. You won't be tested for anything outside the textbook other than conceptualization of the concepts inside the book.FYI, because I'm critically inclined to over-analyze, I've noticed several publishing mistakes and spelling errors in the book. The editor needs to be fired. This is supposed to be a professional book for people taking a professional course of study.

NASM's Personal Fitness Training is a well written easy to understand guide on Personal Training. In Australia it is a struggle to find good literature on this sort of stuff. Great book.

The NASM certification wasn't one I was really impressed with, mainly because it seemed like really old information.There is a lot of focus on 1 on 1 training and older training protocols that just don't exist in the fitness industry right now. Also, the book forces you to learn and follow the OPT model. Which is a good protocol, a little excessive but thorough.The only problem with the OPT model is that it's an industry standard and although you could possibly use it in a private business, it's not going to be something thats found to be in use a lot in the industry.Like the screening process is a little out of date and something like the FMS (function movement screen) is more commonly used.A good certification book but hard to study through because it is outdated.

Good info. Great price. You're foolish of you don't buy this.

Book is very helpful for taking test for certification

Nasm used to be the best. Ace is now but this is a good deal. new nasm is not worth the money