Get Fit - William E. Prentice

Get Fit

Stay Fit
Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2003 | 3rd Revised edition
McGraw Hill Higher Education (Verlag)
978-0-07-255734-3 (ISBN)
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Explains about cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, flexibility, and nutrition. This work explains why certain aspects of physical fitness are important to individuals, and becoming an informed consumer of physical fitness equipment and services. It is designed for students with little idea in developing a personal fitness program.
This brief, user-friendly text is designed for students with little or no background in developing a personal fitness program. Topics covered in "Get Fit, Stay Fit" include principles of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, limiting body fat, and nutrition. Key points have been emphasized to explain why certain aspects of physical fitness should be important to individuals, and how to become an informed consumer of physical fitness equipment and services.

William E. Prentice, Ph.D., PT, ATC, Professor, Coordinator of Sports Medicine Specialization Department of Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Science, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

1 Getting Fit: Why Should You Care? 2 Creating A Healthy Lifestyle 3 Starting Your Own Fitness Program 4 Developing Cardiorespiratory Fitness 5 Improving Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Power 6 Increasing Flexibility Through Stretching 7 Limiting Your Body Fat Through Diet and Exercise 8 Eating Right 9 Becoming A Wise Consumer 10 Practicing Safe Fitness Epilogue: Now Do You See Why You Should Care About Getting Fit? Appendix A: Food Composition Table LABS 1 -1 Importance of Physical Activity 1 -2 Daily Fitness Schedule 2 -1 Your Personal Stress Inventory 2 -2 Health Style: A Self-Test 3 -1 Medical History Questionnaire 3 -2 Planning for a Physical Activity Program 4 -1 Calculating Target Heart Rate 4 -2 1.5 Mile Test 4 -3 Cooper's 12 -minute Walking/Running Test 5 -1 Push-ups 2 Bent-Knee Sit-ups 5 -3 Muscular Endurance Test 6 -1 Trunk Flexion 6 -2 Trunk Extension 6 -3 Shoulder Lift Test 7 -1 Calculating Percentage of Body Fat Using Skinfold Measurements 7 -2 Determining Your Basal Metabolic Rate 7 -3 Calculating Caloric Expenditure 7 -4 Calculating Caloric Intake 8 -1 Nutritional Knowledge Survey 8 -2 Assessing Your Nutritional Habits 8 -3 7 -Day Diet Analysis

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.8.2003
Zusatzinfo Illustrations (some col.)
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 185 x 231 mm
Gewicht 444 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
ISBN-10 0-07-255734-6 / 0072557346
ISBN-13 978-0-07-255734-3 / 9780072557343
Zustand Neuware
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