Personal Fitness: Looking Good, Feeling Good

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Kendall Hunt, 2005 - 374 pages

The Student Edition is well designed and clearly organized. Each chapter opener contains:

    Objectives: Highlights what students are to look for when they read.Chapter Preview: Provides students with an overview of what they will be reading about in a list format.Vocabulary: Words are emphasized in color throughout the text.
One of the most exciting and unique features of Personal Fitness: Looking Good / Feeling Good 5th Edition is that students are assisted in establishing a personal fitness program step by step, chapter by chapter, that is especially for them.

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Contents

Personal Fitness Is a Personal Matter
4
Contributing Health Risk Factor
12
Your Personal Fitness Program PFP
18
Components of Fitness
24
Interpreting Assessment Results
38
The WrapUp
44
Guidelines for Exercise
68
Principles of Training
90
Body Composition and Weight Control
214
Stress
240
Consumer Issues
264
Exercise Gadgets and Gimmicks
272
Understanding Web Sites
279
Evaluation of Activities
286
Designing Your Own Program
308
Appendices
329

Flexibility
104
Cardiovascular Fitness
126
Muscular Fitness
150
Nutrition
180
Bibliography
343
Index
357
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