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The ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, produced by The American College of Sports Medicine, is the single most internationally read and referenced text in sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness.

This manual provides professionals in the field of sports medicine and exercise physiology with the practical information they need on a daily basis. The book succinctly summarizes recommended procedures for exercise testing and exercise prescription in healthy and diseased individuals. This is also a necessary book for anyone taking one of the ACSM certification tests.

New 9th Edition

The ninth Edition contains the most current public health and clinical information and state-of-the-art, research-based recommendations. Information is easy to access and the new spiral bound edition is much more user friendly.

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The above information is presented as a general guide. The author and publisher take no responsibility for any possible consequences of any treatment, procedure, exercise, action or application of medication based on this information. See more: Disclaimer.