Chronic Health Conditions in the Health and Fitness Industry
Personal training requires a broad knowledge of many chronic health conditions and special populations to plan safe and effective exercise. The paper intends to discuss three major topics from Chapter 16 of the NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training: obesity, diabetes, and arthritis. These three chosen conditions are prevalent in today's society and play a critical role in making decisions for exercise programming. According to Dempsey et al. (2020), integrating specialized exercises for different chronic conditions into practice is receiving fresh emphasis with the growing number of populations with multiple health conditions. To the fitness professional, understanding the specific characteristics and needs of the pathological conditions is paramount in developing appropriate exercise-training protocols and ensuring client safety. The following analysis will provide an overview of critical factors for each condition and implications for fitness programming. Chron...