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Lifetime Fitness

Lifetime Fitness

4th Edition

H. Brown

Aug 2012, Paperback, 145 pages
ISBN13: 9780137766185
ISBN10: 0137766181
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Designed to help the reader understand and appreciate a healthy lifestyle, this text focuses on issues such as the benefits of exercise, proper nutrition, and managing stress. With information provided in the text, students will be able to formulate a fitness program tailored to their specific level of ability.



1.Introduction.


2.Safety and Training Considerations.


3.Flexibility.


4.Cardiorespiratory Fitness.


5.Muscular Strength and Endurance.


6.Nutrition and Health.


7.Body Composition and Weight Control.


8.Stress Management.


Appendix A: Exercise-Related Injuries.


Appendix B: Fitness Forms.


Index.

  • A concise but thorough overview of health/fitness/wellness issues.
  • Health and fitness history forms.

    • Students see how their health history and current status affect development decisions about personal fitness programs.

  • Information on exercise related injuries -- how they occur, how they can be avoided, and what type of treatment may be necessary.
  • Three stress tests developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

    • Test 1 Measures vulnerability to stress from being frustrated or inhibited.

    • Test 2 Measures the presence of compulsive, time-urgent, and excessively aggressive behavioral traits.

    • Test 3 How individuals cope with stress.

  • Training guidelines follow the FIT model (frequency, intensity, and time).
  • Review questions at the end of each chapter.

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