The Fitness Instructor's Handbook is the essential guide for anyone working in or wishing to enter the fitness industry. This new second edition has been fully updated & covers every component of the industry standards for both Level 2 & 3 qualification & offers the perfect blend of theory & practice on every aspect of health & fitness. Clear concise & accessible the content is organised with the specific needs of student & newly qualified fitness professionals in mind
- it covers every aspect of the theory needed to work as a fitness instructor & places it in a practical context. Topics covered include: the skeletal system muscles & tendons the energy system circulation & respiration components of fitness safety issues customer service screening clients planning & programme design exercise evaluation. Packed full of illustrations case studies revision questions & sample programmes The Fitness Instructor's Handbook is the ideal book for both those new to the industry & experienced trainers.
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This textbook teaches students how to recognize evaluate & correct fit for over 100 figure variations. The book utilizes a multi-method approach that is both logical & easyto- follow & each procedure is clearly identified & fully-illustrated. The second edition will include new information concerning figure evaluation methods for working with multi-sized patterns & instructions for correcting garments that have more than one fit problem. New to this Edition: -- Reorganized table of contents to reflect industry perspective -- Instructions for applying concepts to mens wear & childrens wear -- Over 100 fitting variations & solutions to fitting problems -- Covers the elements & principles of design as they relate to fitting -- Multi-method approach to figure evaluation fitting & alternation

Includes:: both slash & pivot method -- Learning Objectives & important terms listed at the beginning of each chapter -- Review Questions at the end of each chapter Interactive exercises within each chapter -- Double-page format for each figure variation

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This book is tailor made for anyone fitting out a wooden or fibreglass hull from scratch or for anyone wanting to renovate an old yacht & give it a face lift. Whether repairing or laying teak decks refurbishing an old keel or rudder installing new windows & hatches fitting headlining replacing deck fittings stripping down winches or modernising the galley the author takes the DIY boat owner through all the steps required with the help of detailed photo sequences & step-by-step instructions. Along with the authors bestselling previous book Boat Interior Construction this book will prove a godsend to all amateur builders. ...

Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong" is the epic true account from Gordon Stainforth of a near-death experience on a mountain in Norway in 1969. In the summer of 1969 as Apollo 11 was blasting off to the moon two teenage twin brothers with only three years' mountaineering experience set off to climb one of the highest rock faces in Europe. With just two bars of chocolate some sandwiches a four-sentence route description & an old sketch map they left their tent early one morning with the full expectation of being back in time for tea. Within a few hours things had gone badly wrong they were looking death in the face & the English Home Counties seemed very far away..." ...

Enid Blyton's The Famous Five have are camping near the house of a world-famous scientist. When top secret papers go missing from the scientist's house Julian Dick Anne George & Timmy the dog have to find the thief & return the papers in time. This edition features a new cover & revised text to bring the dialogue up to date for a whole new generation of readers. ...

Its eyes were on long horns like a snail's eyes...it had ears like a bat's ears & its tubby body was shaped like a spider's & covered with thick soft fur...and it had hands & feet like a monkey's'. ' It' was the Psammead the grumpy s&-fairy that could if in the mood grant a wish a day. When the five children befriend him they find that each wish granted often has a sting in its tail. Golden guineas are too difficult to spend wings let them down in a most inconvenient way & when they wish for Red Indians the children forget that they can sometimes be a little warlike. ...

The days from May 24 to May 28 1940 altered the course of the history of this century as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. The decisive importance of these five days of Lukacs's magisterial new book. illustrations. ...

Peter Haskell has everything: power position & a career & family that mean everything to him. Olivia Thatcher has given her all for her husbands political career. When her son died a piece of Olivia died with him. Now shes bone-dry. On the night of a bomb threat the two meet in Paris & suddenly their lives are enmeshed for a moment in time. All they have is Five days in Paris in a novel about honor & commitment love & integrity
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In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling & instructive as his first two best-selling books The Five Temptations of a CEO & The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time he turns his keen intellect & storytelling power to the fascinating complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen Decision Techs CEO faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencionis utterly gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. Throughout the story Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model & actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles & build a cohesive effective team. Just as with his other books Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders. ...

The blockbuster bestseller now in a manga edition--fully illustrated & fun to read! Beautifully illustrated by Kensuke Okabayashi this enthralling edition of Patrick Lencioni's massive bestseller gives readers a new format in which to understand the fascinating complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen Decision Tech's CEO faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni's gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. Throughout the story Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions that go to the heart of why teams--even the best ones--often struggle. He outlines a powerful model & actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles & build a cohesive effective team. This is a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional leaders. Kensuke Okabayashi (Jersey City NJ) is a working illustrator a graduate of the School of Visual Arts & an instructor at the Educational Alliance Art School in New York City. ...