Published by the American College of Sports Medicine‎,‎ this authoritative manual teaches health fitness professionals and students how to appropriately conduct fitness assessment testing‎.‎ The goal of this Fourth Edition of ACSM‎'‎s Health‎-Related Physical Fitness Manual is to provide a comprehensive overview of why and how to perform assessments of the five health‎-related components of physical fitness‎,‎ namely body composition‎,‎ muscular strength‎,‎ muscular endurance‎,‎ flexibility‎,‎ and cardio‎-respiratory fitness‎.‎ Features of the Fourth Edition include‎:‎ reorganized and expanded information‎,‎ including discussion of unique assessment principles and the major limitations of some assessment methods‎;‎ step‎-by‎-step instructions for assessment of health‎-related physical fitness and resources for interpretation of test results‎;‎ updated references to ACSM‎'‎s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription‎,‎ Ninth Edition‎;‎ more than 110 boxes‎,‎ tables‎,‎ and figures to help the reader understand the concepts of health‎-related physical fitness‎;‎ case study analysis at the conclusion of each assessment chapter and suggested laboratory activities to help students master the concepts of health‎-related physical fitness‎;‎ and available instructor resources include fully searchable online text‎,‎ an image bank‎,‎ PowerPoint slides‎,‎ and a Test Generator‎.‎ The American College of Sports Medicine‎,‎ founded in 1954‎,‎ is the world‎'‎s largest sports medicine and exercise science organization with more than 45‎,‎000 national‎,‎ regional‎,‎ and international members and certified professionals in more than 90 countries‎.‎ With professionals representing more than 70 occupations‎,‎ ACSM offers a 360‎-degree view of sports medicine and exercise science‎.‎ From academicians to students and from personal trainers to physicians‎,‎ the association of public health‎,‎ health/fitness‎,‎ clinical exercise‎,‎ and health care professionals is dedicated to helping people worldwide live longer‎,‎ healthier lives through science‎,‎ education‎,‎ medicine‎,‎ and policy‎.‎