Q&A: A New Book for Strength and Conditioning Practitioners — Grounded in the Latest Science, Aiming to Optimize Performance
By Nicholas A. Ratamess, Ph.D.
Viewpoints presented in SMB commentaries reflect opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of ACSM.
Nicholas Ratamess, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J. He has authored and co-authored several scientific articles, review papers and book chapters related to strength training and conditioning, including co-authoring the 2009 update of the “ACSM Position Stand on Progression Models in Resistance Training for Healthy Adults.” Ratamess also was a contributing author for the 6th edition (2009) of ACSM’s Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription.
In late 2011, Dr. Ratamess published ACSM’s Foundations of Strength Training and Conditioning, through a collaborative arrangement with ACSM’s publishing partner, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The book is a unique and extensively illustrated resource to help professionals and students develop safe and effective strength-and-conditioning programs for athletes and those individuals striving to improve their fitness levels. The book offers practical application of physiologic responses and adaptations to exercise, information on training program design and assessment, and translations of the most recent scientific advances into strength and conditioning program design.
SMB had the opportunity to ask the author a few questions about the book. Questions include:
As primary author, what were the motivating factors leading you to write this textbook?
How have you designed and organized this book to effectively help students, faculty and strength-and-conditioning professionals meet their exercise and pedagogy needs?
What strategy did you use to promote greater dissemination and reading of current research by strength-and-conditioning professionals?
Any final points you want to share about this new resource? More
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