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An analysis of two negligence lawsuits highlights the legal liability risks associated with high-intensity exercise programs and the importance of implementing risk management strategies.
Analysis of two negligence lawsuits provides fitness professionals with risk management strategies to minimize legal liability in high-intensity exercise programs.
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Urges caution in high-intensity exercise programs; leaves open prospective validation of risk mitigation strategies.
In Brief LEARNING OBJECTIVES Through a description and analysis of two negligence lawsuits involving high-intensity exercise programs, readers of this article will obtain an understanding and appreciation of (a) legal and risk management concepts related to negligence, (b) legal liability risks that exist in high-intensity exercise programs, and (c) risk management strategies that can be developed and implemented to minimize legal liability risks associated with high-intensity exercise programs. Two negligence lawsuits involving high-intensity exercise programs are described in this article to help fitness trainers and managers learn about the legal liability risks associated with these programs and important risk management strategies they can develop and implement to help minimize these liability risks.
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Eickhoff‐Shemek et al. (2014) conducted a review in Legal liability risks in high-intensity exercise programs. High-intensity exercise programs was evaluated. An analysis of two negligence lawsuits highlights the legal liability risks associated with high-intensity exercise programs and the importance of implementing risk management strategies.
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