Fundamental Concepts Of Fitness And Wellness

by Corbin, Charles B.

• ISBN13: 9780073079134
• ISBN10: 0073079138
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780073310299
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Summary

Concepts of Fitness and Wellness: The Fundamentals is the new brief edition of the time-tested Concepts books. This book provides the basic information needed to get started developing a healthy lifestyle. The Corbin/Lindsey team brought on a new co-author, Greg Welk now at Iowa State University, to emphasize the "state of the art" educational content. This text provides a layout of "concepts" not chapters for a lifestyle of health and fitness.

Table of Contents

Lifestyles for Health, Fitness, and Wellness

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

Using Self-Management Skills to Adhere to Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

An Introduction to Physical Activity

Preparing for Physical Activity

How Much Physical Activity is Enough?

Learning Self-Planning Skills for Lifetime Physical Activity

The Physical Activity Pyramid

The Health Benefits of Physical Activity

Lifestyle Physical Activity

Cardiovascular Fitness

Active Aerobics, Sports, and Recreational Activities

Flexibility

Muscle Fitness

Nutrition and Body Composition

Body Composition

Nutrition

Stress Management

Stress and Health

Making Informed Choices

Toward Healthy Active Living

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