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Here is the ultimate resource for maximizing your exercise and nutrition efforts. In this new edition of ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, you have an authoritative reference that allows you to apply research-based guidance to your unique health and fitness needs. With a focus across the life span, this resource shows you how to pursue optimal health and fitness now and throughout the years to come. The American College of Sports Medicine, the largest and most respected sport science and medicine organization in the world, has created this book to bridge the gap between science and the practice of making personal lifestyle choices that promote health. This new edition contains age-s...
Presents a guide to maintaining health and physical fitness, providing advice on nutrition, healthy eating, exercise, and preventive measures against disease.
Being the best that you can be, in terms of health and fitness, is more attainable than you might think. When I was 15 years old, I got tired of feeling out-of-shape and have been learning, both by study and by experience, ever since. Today, at nearly 60, I have lived my life in nearly perfect health and am doing daily workouts that I would have been very pleased with as a teenager. I write about science and this is how I got my scientific way of thinking, by always seeking continuous improvement in diet and fitness. Men can do a lot to prevent hair loss, and gain back much of what might have already been lost. There is a way to keep gray hair at bay. You also do not really have to get wrink...
The completely revised seventh edition of Fitness & Health offers a comprehensive understanding of the exercise–health relationship and provides a framework for attaining health and fitness goals. This one-stop handbook for students and fitness professionals explores the physiology and benefits of fitness while also providing information and tools for improving health and wellness. Authors Brian J. Sharkey and Steven E. Gaskill have 60 years of combined experience in the field, as evidenced in the depth of content and accessible style of writing. The book aims not only to educate but also to inspire the audience to put the suggested methods into practice and have a positive effect on their...
Through this book, you can learn to use the latest life-changing information to improve your fitness and enhance your quality of life.
The Health and Fitness Handbook, produced in partnership with Lifetime Health Fitness Ltd (one of the largest training providers in this market), provides essential knowledge for those working towards NVQ qualifications, anyone starting a career as a fitness instructor, and for class and club participants who want to know more.
Examining the benefits of exercise for women, from osteoporosis prevention to reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, this book reviews the physiological fitness differences between men and women. It also helps women to tailor an exercise programme to their stage in life: adolescence, pre-menopause, menopause, post-menopause and ageing.
Health and Fitness 101 – Master Your Health, Wellness and Fitness with This Essential Training Guide. Inside this eBook, you will discover the topics about analyze and change your life style into healthier one, secrets of health and fitness, healthy nutrition and its benefits, stress management and your health, exercise and its types and tips for weaker and old age people.
Learn how to apply the psychology of health and fitness to your exercise programs and to solve the motivational and behavioral problems you’ll encounter every day in practice. You’ll explore the scientific principles and variables that influence behavior as you develop the confidence to design effective lifestyle interventions for disease prevention and develop individualized exercise programs that promote optimal health.