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Motivating People to Be Physically Active
Help your clients go from a sedentary to an active lifestyle.
By Bess H. Marcus, PhD , Leighann H. Forsyth, PhD


Improve client motivation and participation in physical activity by understanding the key psychological principles of behavior change. Learn to assess your client’s physical-activity patterns, readiness for change, motivations and barriers to exercise. Apply stage–specific strategies using interventions designed for individuals, the workplace and the community to promote life-long physical activity. This course is a must for any professional working with clients who are trying to change their health behavior.












Course Objectives:
  • Explain the importance of using appropriate tools and strategies to help clients to succeed at adopting and maintaining a physically active lifestyle.
  • Explain the importance of matching the treatment strategy with the client’s stage of change.
  • Identify sociocultural and environmental variables associated with behavior change.
  • Identify mediators that have been effective in changing physical activity behavior.
  • Outline methods used to measure mediators of physical activity.
  • Explain the importance of matching an intervention to the participant’s level of motivational readiness.
  • Identify methods for measuring physical activity in group settings.
  • Explain the importance and rationale for using tools to assess your client’s physical and psychological readiness for physical activity.
  • Identify the group leader’s role in and appropriate teaching styles for each of the five stages of change.
  • Identify methods for selecting work-site target audience, how to reach the target audience, and how to assess their motivational readiness.
  • Identify social, institutional, and environmental factors that affect participation in physical activity.
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    Course Includes: 
  • Exam
  • Study guide
  • 220-page textbook
  • Topic: Personal Training
    Level: Intermediate
    Weight: 2.0 lbs
    Complete Printed Course  #4385     $169.00

    CECs
    ACE 1.60
    ACSM 16.00
    AEA 8.00
    AFPA 8.00
    AZPTA 1.60
    BCRPA 16.00
    BOC 12.00
    CDR 16.00
    CI 16.00
    CMTBC 18.00
    COPS-KT 1.60
    ISSA 16.00
    NASN 1.60
    NCHEC 16.00
    NCSF 3.00
    NETA 16.00
    NFPT 0.50
    NSCA-CPT 1.50
    NSCA-CSCS 1.50
    NSPA 16.00
    W.I.T.S. 8.00