ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription 9th ed. Edition

The spiral binding came apart almost immediately and I had to continuously fight to keep the pages together. I ended up losing quite a few of the pages from the binding all together and was unable to put them back into place, so the book basically became a stack of small little papers. I would definitely recommend getting the paperback or an electronic version if possible over the spiral-bound version that I got.The book is great in terms of content though. The book has recommendations for all sorts of different populations, which is extremely helpful when working with someone with comorbidites that you have to keep in mind. Though unless someone referenced a page number for me in class, I had a relatively hard time finding this information when looking for it. Recommendations are also made by gender and age so you can be very precise when going into testing about goals for maximal performance and afterwards putting them into a percentile.

ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription is the gold standard for the gold standard. It extensively goes over how to prescribe exercise for a litany of populations using peer-reviewed hard data to back up its various claims. The new binding makes it easier to flip through pages, gives it a more "book" feel, and allows for easy storage without fear of messing something up. As a personal trainer, I have referenced this book any times and will continue to reference it as I progress through my career. As a college student, this book also comes in handy. I have made several references to it for many health and applied science classes, and have even used it when discussing exercise with friends around campus. You can't go wrong with the American College of Sports Medicine and you definitely cannot go wrong with this resource booklet.

The information in this book is evidence based and the writing is easy to read and to understand. here are many tables that make it easy to understand or compare information. One thing I really like about this book is that it gives exercise prescription for many different types of population and for people with different comorbidities. It's a good reference book if you want to get the best and latest info on how to best prescribe exercise for your patients, clients of just for you own personal knowledge.

If you are doing anything in the exercise science/kinesiology field, this book is a must have. Great quick reference for personal trainers, strength and conditioning, diseased individuals/special populations, or just an overall health nut. I worked as an aid at a physical therapy clinic and was able to answer a lot of the patients' health related questions.

I ordered this updated source, as my original one was from the mid-2000's. As usual, ACSM brings forth the best information, and most updated physiological information when it comes to exercise testing and prescription. I always look to them when giving advice, or training clients. And, I will keep looking to them in the future. I recommend this book for anyone who is a personal trainer, or is looking to go into personal training or testing clients in a clinical setting. ACSM is the gold standard, hands down.

This is an awesome manual - I'll probably keep it forever. ACSM is one of the leading fitness professional organization and you can feel confident that they have the most up-to-date and accurate information available. It is a fairly easy read compared to the typical 500+ page textbook. The only reason it gets 4 out of 5 stars is because within a month of getting it, the spiral-bound cover had already slipped off. Still a great value!

This was required for Exercise Physiology and it was a great tool to have during our lab times.

In great condition. Much better than paying for a brand new one. This one came with notes thanks to the previous owner.

Good product

Book is a fantastic help for Exercise Prescription

Product arrived with pages stuck together, falling out of the ring bind and with annotations throughout. Not as described.

I bought the book as I needed further information about ACSM for my sport science degree, I found the book helpful and gave me the information I needed.

Arrived quickly great book and not a particularly difficult read for sports science students