Prescribing Movement As Medicine: The Professional's Guide to Exercise for Health and Longevity

Prescribe movement with a focus on both immediate results and long-term health. Developing realistic, sustainable, and adaptable client workout programs can seem like an overwhelming task.Prescribing Movement as Medicine: The Professional's Guide to Exercise for Health and Longevity serves as a manual explaining the why and how behind building an exercise program to improve health and longevity. Offering practical and tested methods for helping clients exercise consistently and effectively, this is a great resource for anyone building client programs, especially for clients who are not already active and who need help in establishing exercise as a habit.Dozens of ready-to-use exercises, drills, and assessments are provided: 17 mobility and flexibility drills 37 warm-up drills 7 assessments 38 power training exercises 69 strength training exercises 2 sample programs Exploring physical activity, health, and chronic disease, this book initially establishes the need for lifelong thoughtful