Concepts of Physical Fitness: Active Lifestyles for Wellness with HealthQuest 4.1 CD-ROM and PowerWeb/OLC Bind-in Passcard - Brossura

Corbin, Charles B.; Welk, Gregory J; Lindsey, Ruth; Corbin, William R

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ISBN 10: 0072552395 ISBN 13: 9780072552393

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2002

Riassunto

Concepts of Physical Fitness: Active Lifestyles for Wellness with Labs provides readers with self-management skills necessary to adopt a healthy lifestyle. These skills will make a positive difference in one's health, fitness, and wellness through the use of activity labs and logs. In addition, new copies of the text now come packaged with the HealthQuest Activities CD.

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Home email: chuckcorbin@qwest.net

Contenuti:

1 Lifestyles for Health, Fitness, and Wellness

1 Health, Wellness, Fitness, and Healthy Lifestyles: An Introduction

2 Using Self-Management Skills to Adhere to Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

2 An Introduction to Physical Activity

3 Preparing for Physical Activity

4 How Much Physical Activity is Enough?

5 Learning Self-Planning Skills for Lifetime Physical Activity

3 The Physical Activity Pyramid

6 The Health Benefits of Physical Activity

7 Lifestyle Physical Activity

8 Cardiovascular Fitness

9 Active Aerobics, Sports, and Recreational Activities

10 Flexibility

11 Muscle Fitness

4 Physical Activity: Special Considerations

12 Safe Physical Activity and Exercises

13 Body Mechanics: Posture and Care of the Back and Neck

14 Performance Benefits of Physical Activity

5 Nutrition and Body Composition

15 Body Composition

16 Nutrition

17 Managing Diet and Activity for Healthy Body Fatness

6 Stress Management

18 Stress and Health

19 Stress Management, Relaxation, and Time Management

7 Making Informed Choices

20 Recognizing Quackery: Becoming an Informed Consumer

21 Toward Healthy Active Living

Appendix A Metric Conversion Chart

Appendix B Metric Conversion of Selected Charts and Tables

Appendix C Calorie Guide to Common Foods

Appendix D Calories of Protein, Carbohydrates, and Fats in Foods

Appendix E Canadian Food Guide

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0072552395
• ISBN 13: 9780072552393
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 472