Lifetime Fitness
Edition: Fourth Edition
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon; Pearson Education Company
Place of publication: Needham Heights, Massachusetts, 02194, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9780137766185
Copyright date: 1986, 1989, 1992, 1996
Subjects: Popular medicine; Health & Fitness; Consumer Health; Health/Fitness; Health & Fitness / Exercise; Exercise; Physical fitness
Table of contents: title: Preface V; title: Chapter 1 Introduction 1; title: PHYSICAL FITNESS 1; title: COMPONENTS OF FITNESS 2; title: ENTRANCE EVALUATION 2; title: TEST RESULTS AND THEIR MEANINGS 4; title: Supplementary Readings 5; title: Rewew Questions 7; title: Chapter 2 Safety and Training Considerations 9; title: TRAINING PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES 9; title: OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 11; title: MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT EXERCISE 13; title: CONTRAINDICATED EXERCISES 13; title: Supplementary Readings 16; title: Review Questions 17; title: Chapters Flexibility 19; title: TYPES OF STRETCHING 19; title: FLEXIBILITY TRAINING CONSIDERATIONS 20; title: FLEXIBILITY TRAINING GUIDELINES 22; title: STRETCHING EXERCISES 23; title: Supplementary Readings 31; title: Review Questions 33; title: Chapter 4 Cardiorespiratory Fitness 35; title: TRAINING GUIDELINES FOR CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS 35; title: ASSESSING CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS 37; title: MONITORING THE HEART RATE 40; title: TRAINING EFFECTS OF A CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS PROGRAM 41; title: CARDIORESPIRATORY ACTIVITIES 41; title: INTERVAL TRAINING 44; title: CORONARY DISEASE 45; title: RISK FACTORS OF CORONARY DISEASE 45 : =; title: Supplementary Readings 47; title: Review Questions 49; title: Chapter 5 Muscular Strength and Endurance 53; title: TYPES OF MUSCULAR CONTRACTION 53; title: SKELETAL MOVEMENT AND MUSCLE ACTIONS 54; title: GENETIC FACTORS 54; title: GENDER 55; title: PROGRESSIVE-RESISTANCE EXERCISE 55; title: MUSCULAR STRENGTH/ENDURANCE TRAINING GUIDELINES 56; title: WEIGHT 104; title: GUIDELINES FOR PROPER WEIGHT REDUCTION 106; title: COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WEIGHT CONTROL 106; title: Supplementary Readings 107; title: Review Questions 109; title: Chapters Stress Management 113; title: WHAT IS STRESS? 113; title: PHYSICAL RESPONSES TO STRESS 113; title: BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS 114; title: MANAGING STRESS 114; title: MEASURING STRESS AND TENSION 115; title: -; title: Supplementary Readings 118; title: Review Questions 119; title: Appendix A Exercise-Related Injuries 121; title: Appendix B: Fitness Forms 125; title: Index 143