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After completing of this chapter, you should have an understanding of the following:
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• How to approach exercise with children and adolescents.
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• Children’s unique exercise capacity characteristics.
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• Cardiorespiratory considerations in exercise with children.
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• Guidelines for resistance training with children and the progression of resistance training with age.
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Robert-McComb, J.J., Barker, C. (2008). Exercise Guidelines for Children and Adolescence. In: Robert-McComb, J.J., Norman, R., Zumwalt, M. (eds) The Active Female. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-534-3_19
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