Fitness & health.
Material type: TextPublication details: Champaign, Ill. ; Leeds : Human Kinetics, c2007.Edition: 6th ed. / Brian J. Sharkey, Steven E. GaskillDescription: ix, 428 p. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780736056144 (pbk.) :
- 9780736056144
- 0736056149 (soft cover)
- 9780736056144 (soft cover)
- Fitness and health
- 613.7 SHA
- RA781 .S527 2007
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 613.7 SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 215881 | ||
Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 613.7 SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 215882 |
Previous ed.: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-417) and index.
Introduction to the active life -- PART I: Physical activity fitness, and health:- 1. Health benefits of activity and fitness--Reduce your risk for many diseases through activity and fitness-- -- 2. Activity and mental health -- Manage stress, anxiety, and depression with activity--3. Activity and personal health -- Assess your health and need for a preexercise medicl exam--PART II: Aerobic fitness:- 4. Understanding aerobic fitness--Understand aerobic exercise and factors that influence aerobic fitness -- 5. Aerobic training effect --Discover the changes stimulated in the body by systematic exercise-- 6. Improving aerobic fitness--Develop a personalized program to fit your goals -- 7. Implementing an aerobic fitness program--Exercise effectively with training tips, sample programs, and solutions to common exercise problems -- PART III:- Muscular fitness:- 8. Understanding muscular fitness--Understand muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility -- 9. Benefits of muscular fitness--Learn how training changes muscle and learn ways to minimize muscle soreness -- 10. Improving muscular fitness--Create a personal muscular fitness program -- PART IV:- Activity and weight control:- 11. Nutrition and health--Understand the basics of good nutrition -- 12. Energy balance--Calculate your caloric intake and expenditure -- 13. Activity, diet, and weight control--Discover why activity is essential for weight control -- 14. Weight-control programs--Develop a program using activity, food choices, and behavior therapy -- PART V:- Performance:- 15. Performance in sport and work--Improve competitive performance safely and effectively -- 16. Environment and performance--Minimize environmental pproblems such as heat, cold, high altitude, and air pollution -- PART VI: Vitality and longevity:- 17. Age, activity, and vitality--Delay aging and improve longevity with activity and healthy habits -- 18.Psychology of activity--Sustain activity through motivation, adherence, and goal setting-- 19. Activity and the quality of life--Learn how activity contributes to your quality of life.
Written for people of all ages, this title is aimed at those who want to develop a deeper understanding of fitness and health, teaching them how to improve their health, and allowing them to design their own fitness programmes.