1. Pre-activity screening -- 2. Orientation, education, and supervision -- 3. Risk management and emergency policies -- 4. Professional staff and independent contractors for health/fitness facilities -- 5. Health/fitness facility operating practices -- 6. Health/fitness facility design and construction -- 7. Health/fitness facility equipment -- 8. Signage in health/fitness facilities
Summary
ACSM's Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines, Fourth Edition, presents the current standards and guidelines that help health and fitness establishments provide high-quality service and program offerings in a safe environment. This text is based in large part on both the work that has begun through the NSF international initiative to develop industry standards to serve as the foundation for a voluntary health and fitness facility certification process and the third edition of ACSM's Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines. The ACSM's team of experts in academic, medical, and health and fitness fields have put together an authoritative guide for facility operators and owners