Choose one of the learning experiences below and write a 250-word essay response. 1. Search online for ″free medline.″ ″ Review at least six abstracts (articles no more than five years old). Based on
the conclusions of these studies, how beneficial is regular exercise for cancer patients? How would you market your services to clients that have cancer? Be sure to cite your work.

2. Research the benefits and risks of exercise and youth. List at least five resources (resources no more than five years old) and summarize the research findings in your own words. Is resistance
training safe, effective, and beneficial for young people? Why or why not?
3. Watch a diabetes educator and/or nurse perform a blood glucose test on a diabetes patient. If you have the resources, knowledge, and are comfortable, take your own blood glucose after intense
exercise. What is the number? What does it mean for you? What would it mean for a diabetic? How could you incorporate blood glucose results into your exercise practice?
4. Write down three or more special population groups for whom you would use a water exercise therapy program. What types of movement routines would you perform? What types of strength training
would you incorporate? What precautions would you take?
5. Identify at least two women who have regularly exercised before and after pregnancy with very little ″down time.″ What precautions did they follow? What alterations did they make to their normal
training routine? If they were to do it again, what changes might they make? Do these follow the guidelines presented in your course text? How will the information you have gained from this
learning experience guide your training recommendations for clients who are pregnant?
6. Seek out a competent sports medicine expert–medical doctor, chiropractic physician, nurse, or physical therapist–and review some of the sports-medicine conditions outlined in the course text.
Are these outlines specific enough? Are any sports-medical conditions left out that should be included? What else can you do to better prepare yourself in assisting your clients to seek competent
sports-medical assistance?

7. Visit a chiropractor and discuss as many of the therapeutic modalities as s/he uses. Where do you, the personal trainer, fit into the chiropractor′s rehabilitation practice? Where do you fit in
the process of ensuring the continuation of care as well as the prevention of future injury/ailments?
8. Attend a basic first-aid course and explain how the information gathered in the course will be specifically helpful to you as a certified personal trainer.

9. Research the steps involved in launching a new personal training business and develop a business plan.