Exercise Physiology for Health Care Professionals

A minor flaw concerns the comments on the abdominal exercises because of the lack of general discussion of the importance of abdominal function in the execution of many of the exercises described in the book, as this provides the “core” stabilisation for these exercises. The section on the technique of “blocking” when performing the deadlift highlights this point. A glossary of terms is included, and although navigation of the text is relatively straight forward, no direct reference system of all the individual exercises is included in a quick access index.