ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription
Liguori · 11th Edition · ISBN 9781975150181 · Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (11th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 12 chapters.
Overview
ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (11th Edition), edited by Liguori, is the authoritative standards reference from the American College of Sports Medicine, used in exercise science programs and by professionals preparing for ACSM certification. This study guide is built to follow the text chapter by chapter, from the benefits and risks of physical activity and preexercise evaluation through health-related fitness testing and clinical exercise testing. It also covers the general principles of exercise prescription, prescriptions for healthy populations with special considerations, environmental factors, and exercise prescription for individuals with cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic disease, other chronic conditions, and brain-related disorders, plus behavioral strategies for promoting exercise. The aim is to help you review high-yield guidelines and testing protocols the way they are tested on course exams and ACSM certification exams, without rereading the whole reference.
Aligned with exercise science and clinical exercise physiology courses and serves as a primary reference for ACSM certification exams such as the Certified Exercise Physiologist and Clinical Exercise Physiologist.
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Benefits and risks of physical activity
- Preexercise evaluation
- Health-related fitness testing
- Clinical exercise testing
- Principles of exercise prescription
- Prescription for healthy populations
- Environmental considerations
- Exercise for cardiovascular disease
- Exercise for pulmonary disease
- Exercise for metabolic disease
- Other chronic disease conditions
- Brain health and disorders
- Behavioral strategies for exercise
- FITT-VP prescription principles
Need the textbook itself?
ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, edited by Liguori and published by Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) for the American College of Sports Medicine, is the field's standard reference for exercise testing protocols and prescription guidelines.
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Chapters covered
Every chapter below is fully covered in the PDF — summary, learning objectives, key terms, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales.
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What exactly do I get?
A printable PDF study guide covering all 12 chapters of ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (11th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
How soon will I get it?
Instantly. A download link appears on screen and lands in your inbox the moment your payment clears.
Does this align with ACSM certifications?
Yes. It reviews the testing and prescription standards from the 11th edition that ACSM certification exams are built around.
Is it a substitute for the guidelines book?
No. It is an independent study guide that condenses key standards; the official guidelines remain the authoritative reference and should be used for exact protocols and tables.
Does it cover special and clinical populations?
Yes. It reviews exercise prescription for cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, and other chronic conditions as covered in the text.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 11th Edition. If your class uses a different edition, chapter numbering may shift slightly, but the topics and learning objectives are usually unchanged.
Do I still need the textbook?
The study guide is a companion, not a replacement — it helps you study efficiently and review fast, but you'll still want the textbook for full depth and any assigned readings. You can buy new, rent, or find a used copy through the price links on this page.
What if it is not what I expected?
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Is this a test bank or copied from the textbook?
No. This is an original study guide written to align with ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription — summaries, objectives, and practice questions with rationales, not a reproduced publisher test bank or copied text.
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About this study guide
This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (11th Edition) by Liguori. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.