Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 The components of fitness; 3 Pre-exercise health screening; 4 Lifestyle assessment and behaviour change; 5 Nutrition; 6 Fitness assessment; 7 Fundamental principles of training; 8 Training session design; 9 Long-term training programme design (periodisation); 10 Warm-up/movement preparation; 11 Cardiorespiratory fitness training; 12 High-intensity interval training; 13 Resistance training; 14 Postural and core training; 15 Cool-down; 16 Recovery from training; Index