Resistance Training DVD

Benefits, Rationale, Safety and Prescription

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Produced in cooperation with the ACSM Barry Franklin, Ph.D., FACSM Wayne State University 2007 US Price: $49.95 DVD | Length: 32 minutes 827008929894 The positive impact of a sound resistance-training program on an individual’s level of health and wellness has been extensively documented. In Resistance Training: Benefits, Rationale, Safety, and Prescription, one of America’s most renowned exercise physiologists discusses the essential parameters of a scientifically based program for enhancing health and developing muscular fitness. In step-by-step detail, the DVD reviews accepted guidelines for prescribing resistance training. Among the topics covered: health benefits of resistance training, rationale for resistance training, Safety considerations of resistance training, participation criteria, resistance-training studies, and prescriptive guidelines for resistance training.

Produced in cooperation with the American College of Sports Medicine.

About the Author

Barry Franklin, Ph.D., FACSM, has been director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program and Exercise Laboratories at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, since 1985. He is also Professor of Physiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit. Recently, he was elected President of the American College of Sports Medicine (1999-2000). He serves as immediate past editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, and is an Associate Editor of ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal. Dr. Franklin has authored or co-authored over 300 scholastic papers, abstracts, chapters and books.