Updates to ACSM Books

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• Page 38, Figure 2.3 Source information in credit line
  • Original: Used with permission (29).
  • Edited: (From Magal M, Riebe D. New preparticipation health screening recommendations: what exercise professionals need to know. ACSM Health Fitness J. 2016;20(3):22 -7.)
• Page 47, Table 2.2, Body Mass Index/waist circumference row (second line)
  • Original: (40 in) for men and >88 cm (38 in) for women
  • Edited: (40 in) for men and >88 cm (35 in) for women
• Page 47, Table 2.2, Lipids row
  • Original: non-HDL-C <130 (3.337 mmoL ∙ L⁻¹)
  • Edited: non-HDL-C ≥160 (4.14 mmoL ∙ L⁻¹)
• Page 259, Exercise Training Considerations section, second bullet point
  • Original: representing <60% peak work rate
  • Edited: representing >60% peak work rate
• Page 260, first bullet point
  • Original: O_2peak
  • Edited: V̇O_2peak
• Pages 287-298, Chapter 9, FITT Tables (Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, Overweight and Obesity), Hypertension Exercise Training Considerations section (fourth bullet point) and Metabolic Syndrome Exercise Prescription section, (second bullet point)
  • Original: O₂R
  • Edited: V̇O₂R
• Page 290, Exercise Prescription section
  • Bullet from beginning of paragraph removed
• Pages 333-334, Exercise Testing section
  • As part of the bulleted list, bullet points have been added to the two paragraphs within the list
• Page 398, Table 11.2, bottom right cell
  • Bullet point added See Table 11.1

• Page 36, figure 2.3: Step 1 header should be "SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS"; Step 1 should include "___ known heart murmur"

• Page 76, Box 4.3, Three-Site Formula, line 3: 0.0001392 (age)
• Page 79, Table 4.4: Fitness Categories for Body Composition (% Body Fat) for Men by Age updated from 2009 to 2013

• Page 80, Table 4.5: Fitness Categories for Body Composition (% Body Fat) for Women by Age updated from 2009  to 2013

• Page 86 , sentence " An alternative is to measure a 10-s HR (multiply by 6 for BPM) immediately"

• Page 97, Table 4.8: added “measured in kilograms” in footnote

• Page 150, Box 6.2, 4^th equation: V̇O₂ method: Target V̇O₂^c = V̇O_2max/peak^b x % intensity desired

• Page 152, Table 6.3 footnote, line 6: conversion factor 4.9 should be 5

• Page 159, Box 6.3: Kilocalorie section, line 4, removed extra parenthesis after 1,000 in kcal conversion equation

• Page 331, second bullet point: HR_max = 210 – 0.56 (age) – 15.5 (DS status)

• Page 432, Table A.1 footnote should include the increase symbol "(arrow), increased"

• Page 7, question 3 option B is: 40 min per session; equivalent to 1,750 kcal · wk^-1

• Pages 14-15, the answer to multiple choice question 3 is: 40 min per session; equivalent to 1,750 kcal · wk^-1. Roger would expend approximately 8.75 kcal and 350 kcal per session.

• Page 162, question 6, option A is: 96-102 bpm

• Page 162, question 7, option B is: 1.5 mph and 3% grade

• Page 189, question 6 answer is: A. 96-102 bpm

• Page 189, question 7 answer is: B. 1.5 mph and 3% grade

• VO₂ = (0.1 X 1.5 mph X 26.8) + (1.8 X 3.2 X 26.8 X .03) + 3.5

• VO₂ = (4.02) + (3.08) + 3.5

• VO₂ = 10.6 mL · kg^-1 · min^-1

• METs = 10.6/3.5 = 3.02 METs

• Page 189, the correct answer to question 1 is: C. (76 kg)

• Page 204, the correct answer to CEP.ECG(4) Multiple-Choice question 2 is: C) CO is reduced

• Page 252, the correct answer to question 87 is C) Drop in systolic BP > 10 mm Hg (persistently below baseline) despite an increase in workload, in the absence of other evidence of ischemia

• Contributors: Chapter 6 (Electrocardiography) -- Christopher C. Dunbar and Barry Saul; Chapter 7 (Pharmacology) -- Brian J. Coyne, Shel Levine

• Page ix, Contributors
  • Dianne M. Babbitt, PhD, ACSM-EP
    Cedar Crest College
    Allentown, Pennsylvania
    Chapter 8

  First Edition

• Page 132, Box 8.2, 4^th equation: V̇O₂ method: Target V̇O₂^c = V̇O_2max/peak^b x % intensity desired

• Page 77, the sentences, “The completion of the test…” and “Use stages 3 and 4…” include the following correction:
  • Original: between 110 and 150 bpm
  • Edited: between 110 beats · min^-1 and 70% HHR (85% HR_max)

• Page 104, Chapter 6, page 104:
  • first bullet “When using these equations…” has been removed

• Page 72, Table 4.2: Fitness Categories for Body Composition (% Body Fat) for Men by Age updated from 2009 to 2013

• Page 82, Table 5.1: Grip-Strength Norms (kg)

• Page 83, Table 4.3: Fitness Categories for Body Composition (% Body Fat) for Women by Age updated from 2009 to 2013

• Page 85, Table 5.2: Fitness Categories for Upper Body Strength for Men and Women by Age updated from 2009 to 2013

• Page 149, clarifying sentence added at the end of the third paragraph: The Fitness Registry and the Importance of Exercise National Database (FRIEND) Registry provides additional normative data (2017 data can be found at http://www.onlinepcd.com/article/S0033-0620(17)30047-6/fulltext).

• Page 151, Table 8.9: Fitness Categories for Maximal Aerobic Power for Men and Women by Age updated from 2009 to 2013

• Page 164, Appendix B: Step 1 header should be "SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS"; Step 1 should include "___ known heart murmur"

• Page 131, in the Calculation-Based Formula example the following changes were made

  • a = (21.4 - 17.8)/(130 - 116) = 0.257

  • = a (HR_max – HR2) + VO₂2

• Page 579, model's name
  • Original Stephanie Holm
  • Edited: Stephanie Hohn

• Pages 39-40, Example 4, Steps 3 and 4 should be adjusted as follows: 35.57 - 3.5 = 32.07 so that the answer in the final step is 5.98 miles/hr.

• Page 81, Detailed Solutions 1 initial equation is missing one number. The equation should be 120 · 6.12 = 734.4 

• Page 137, table 18.6, Modes and Strength cell: machines

• Page 223, Box 8.2, Women, Three-Site Formula, line 3: 0.0001392 (age) 

• Page 33, figure 2.5: Step 1 header should be "SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS"; Step 1 should include "___ known heart murmur"

• Page 37, heading changed to: Challenges of ACSM Preparticipation Physical Activity Screening

  • Line 1 in this section: “Perhaps the greatest challenge”

  • Line 6 in this section: “in a general, non-clinical client who may, in actuality”

• page 63, clarifying sentence added at the end of the second paragraph: The Fitness Registry and the Importance of Exercise National Database (FRIEND) Registry provides additional normative data (2017 data can be found at http://www.onlinepcd.com/article/S0033-0620(17)30047-6/fulltext).

• Page 71, table 3.3, row 1, column 3: 3.7 mi 

• Page 71, table 3.3, row 1, column 3: 5 mi

• Page 71, question 4, starting at the fourth line of the answer, the equation should be adjusted as follows:

  26 mL · kg^-1 · minute^-1 X 58 kg = 1,508 mL · minute^-1

  1,508 mL · minute^-1 / 1,000 = 1.508 L · minute^-1

  1.508 L · minute^-1 X 5 kcal = 7.54 kcal · minute^-1

  7.54 kcal · minute^-1 X 750 minutes = 5,655 kcal

  5,655 / 3,500 = 1.62 lb of fat

• Page 75, VO_2max Reserve Method equation multiply by the intensity desired as follows: Target VO₂R = [(VO_2max - VO_2rest) X intensity desired ] + VO_2rest

• Page 205, How-to box, starting at the ninth line of the answer, the equation be adjusted as follows:

(21.32 X 68)/1,000 = 1.45 L · min^-1

two lines down

1.45 X 5 = 7.25 kcal · min^-1

7.25 kcal · min^-1 X 30 min = 217.5 kcal

Total caloric expenditure on treadmill = 217.5 kcal for 30 min

• Page ix, Contributors:
  • Dianne M. Babbitt, PhD, ACSM-EP
    Cedar Crest College
    Allentown, Pennsylvania 
    Chapter 2
  • Kimberly Rapp Hartson, PhD, RN
    University of Louisville
    Louisville, Kentucky
    Chapter 1
• Page 42, figure 2.5: bottom row, second box from the right
  • Original: Yellow box “MC not necessary for MOD PA”
  • Edited: Red box “MC recommended”

• Pages 79-80, figures 3.26 and 3.27: the figure panels are in the wrong order; the images with the overlay should be on the left (panel A Muscles) the image with the labels only on the right (panel B. Surface landmarks).

• Pages 162-196, chapter 6: updates made to text and items per the new nutrition label guidelines. See figure 6.13 on page 193 for the food label update.

• Page 337, Rockport 1-Mile Walk Test Procedures, line 9: changed to "multiples by 6"

• Page 303, figure 11.5: Step 1 header should be "SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS"; Step 1 should include "___ known heart murmur"

• Page 307, heading changed to: Challenges of ACSM Preparticipation Physical Activity Screening

  • Line 1 in this section: “Perhaps the greatest challenge”

  • Line 7 in this section: “in a general, non-clinical client who may, in actuality”

• Page 329, full caption for figure 12.6: "Figure 12.6. Common skinfold sites.  A. Abdominal: vertical fold, 2 cm to the right side of the umbilicus. B. Triceps: vertical fold on the posterior midline of the upper arm, halfway between the acromion and the olecranon processes, with the arm held freely to the side of the body. C. Biceps: vertical fold on the anterior aspect of the arm over the belly of the biceps muscle, 1 cm above the level used to mark the triceps site. D. Chest: diagonal fold, one-half the distance between the anterior axillary line and the nipple (men) or one-third of the distance between the axillary line and the nipple (women). E. Midaxillary: vertical fold on the midaxillary line at the level of the xiphoid process of the sternum. F. Subscapular: diagonal fold (at a 45° angle), 1–2 cm below the inferior angle of the scapula. G. Medial calf: vertical fold at the maximum circumference of the calf on the midline of its medial border. H. Suprailium: diagonal fold in line with the natural angle of the iliac crest taken in the anterior axillary line immediately superior to the iliac crest. I. Thigh: vertical fold, on the anterior midline of the thigh, midway between the proximal border of the patella and the inguinal crease (hip)."

• Page 346, table 12.7: Fitness Categories for Body Composition (% Body Fat) for Men and Women by Age updated from 2009 to 2013

• Page 360, box 13.2: kilocalorie equation and example updated to reflect GETP10 version

  • In the equation, add bracket “= [(METs X” and replace “200” with 1,000] X 5

  • In the example, add bracket “= [(7 METs X” and replace “200” with 1,000] X 5

  • Replace “8.6” with 8.75 and “774” with 771.75

• page 420, clarifying sentence added at the end of the third paragraph: The Fitness Registry and the Importance of Exercise National Database (FRIEND) Registry provides additional normative data (2017 data can be found at http://www.onlinepcd.com/article/S0033-0620(17)30047-6/fulltext).

• Page 436, table 15.10: "Extremely Light" repositioned between 7 and 8

• page 555, sentences adjusted: “Some major advantages for these types of exercise modalities are that they are inexpensive, can be done at home, and take up minimal space. Additional benefits are they can promote kinesthetic awareness and help improve balance.”

• Page 95, last two lines on the page
  • Original: The tendons of the sartorius, gracilis, and semimembranosus join
  • Edited: The tendons of the sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus join
• Page 189, last two sentences on the page
  • Original: the serving size is 2/3 cup, which for this food has a weight of 55 g. You can also see that the label indicates that there are eight servings in the container.
  • Edited: serving size is 1 cup, which for this food has a weight of 227 g. You can also see that the label indicates that there are four servings in the container.
• Page 299, figure 11.5: bottom row, second box from the right
  • Original: Yellow box “MC not necessary for MOD PA”
  • Edited: Red box “MC recommended”

• Page 317, the section header
  • Original: Resting Cardiovascular Measurements
  • Edited: Cardiovascular Measurements

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA), along with nine other organizations, released updated blood pressure guidelines. Please see the certification blog to learn when these changes will be reflected in ACSM certification exams here.