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Water Fun by Terri Lees

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By: Terri Lees  |  Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
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This book is aimed at aquatic exercise instructors and swimming teachers looking for ideas on how to construct water fitness workouts. It features over 100 water fitness activities for participants of all ages and abilities. Whether class members are learning to swim or just exercising for fitness, this book provides activities to suit all goals and interests. It is useful for working with groups at different levels of ability, as most activities include variations that make them fully inclusive; and, includes a facility safety checklist, rules and regulations for a safe programme, as well as personal safety information for both instructors and participants. It includes a handy swimming activity finder that will help the reader locate appropriate activities at-a-glance.

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"this work is much more than simply a book full of various drills, activities, and games. I think that many aquatic practitioners, both novices and experienced instructors, will want to add this text to their professional libraries."
"International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education" (May 2007)

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Aerobics for Your Health by Amber Walker

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By: Amber Walker  |  Publisher: Lulu.com
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Aerobics is supposed to have fun and also get you fit and toned. "Aerobics for Your Health" can show you how to get in shape and be fit. Your body will be toned; your muscles will be built and made lean once you try some of these exercises in this book. With this book, you will learn: What aerobics is about; What it can do for you; Why it`s important to have enough oxygen when doing aerobic exercises; The different kinds of exercises that fit under the aerobic category; How aerobicss helps with your blood circulation; How long should you do it starting out; What you should do before starting any aerobic exercise workout; The best time to do aerobic exercises; Four benefits of doing aerobics; Why you should try doing your aerobics when no one else is home; What is step aerobics; Why it`s important to do step aerobics the right way; What kind of shoes to wear; Why your entire foot should be on the stepper; Where your knees should be placed; The number of risers that can be used for a stepper and much more.

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The Complete In-Line Skater by Joel Rappelfeld, Kathleen M. Skelly

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By: Joel Rappelfeld, Kathleen M. Skelly  |  Publisher: St. Martin`s Press
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Thepleteu>plete In-Line Skater is the perfect skater`s companion. Written by an experienced teacher, this book tells you everything you need to know about equipment, basic and advanced skating techniques, safety, and improving fitness.

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The Which? Guide to Men`s Health by Stephen Carroll, Andrew Bezear (Illustrated by)

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By: Stephen Carroll, Andrew Bezear (Illustrated by)  |  Publisher: Which? Books
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This health manual addresses the concerns of the 1990s male man to man. After describing how the male body works, this book advises on diet and exercise, looks at stress and how to cope with it, and at sex and how to enjoy it - healthily, and for as long as possible. A chapter entitled "Fatherhood - a survival guide"" suggests ways of participating in and enjoying the experience. A far-ranging section on common medical problems,, from acne and hair loss to heart disease, prostate disorders and VD should address the worries of young and old alike. Other practical information covered includes: self-help measures for problems such as hair loss, body odour and bad breath; self-examination and screening tests to detect diseases at an early stage; the causes and treatment of more serious illnesses, including those which specifically affect men, such as prostate disease and testicular cancer; how to prevent stress overload - both at work and in the home; sexual responses in men, and guidance on coping with sexual problems; fatherhood - how to survive it from conception through to adolesence; and addresses of self-help groups. Stephen Carroll is the author of "Complete Family Guide to Healthy Living" and contributing editor of the "BMA Guide to Medicines and Drugs".

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Principles and Labs for Fitness and Wellness by Wener W.K. Hoeger, Sharon A. Hoeger

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By: Wener W.K. Hoeger, Sharon A. Hoeger  |  Publisher: Brooks/Cole
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"Principles And Labs For Physical Fitness And Wellness,, Enhanced Coverage, Eighth Edition" guides students through the development of an attainable and enjoyable fitness and wellness program. With over 150 pieces of art that make this text truly engaging, it also gives students the motivation and techniques they need to apply their learning experiences and knowledge received from their fitness and wellness course.Perforated laboratory worksheets found at the end of each chapter allow readers to analyze and understand the concepts that they have learned, and move to the next state of behavioral modification. The emphasis is on teaching individuals how to take control of their personal health and lifestyle habits so they can make a constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy and realize their highest potentials for well being. In addition to the strength of the text, "Principles And Labs For Physical Fitness And Wellness" comes with a wide-range of teaching and learning resources unlike any other to support your course!Besides the exclusive offerings of the CNN[registered] Video Today series and InfoTrac[registered] College Edition, or the extensive PowerPoint with over 500 slides and free WebTutor Toolbox Online teaching support, we offer a new Behavior Change Workbook. Each copy of the text also comes packaged FREE with the exciting and interactive Profile Plus CD-ROM. Unique to any learning tutorial, this CD-ROM includes self-paced, guided assessments, exercise prescriptions and logs, nutrition analysis, and a text-specific study guide appropriate for all health students.

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"Excellent information provided to educate the readera] There is a wealth of information that will properly educate and prepare our new physical educators."

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Teaching Tool Box for Total Fitness and Wellness by Scott K. Powers, Stephen L. Dodd, Virginia J. Noland

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By: Scott K. Powers, Stephen L. Dodd, Virginia J. Noland  |  Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, Subs of Addison Wesley Lon
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Thehing Toolbox contains all the instructor supplements (Instructor Resource Manual and Printed Test Bank, Computerized Test Bank, Transparency Acetates) and valueable student supplements items (LiveRight!, Eat Right!, Behavior Change Log book, Take Charge! Self-Assessment Worksheets), the Media Manager, and the Course at a Glance Quick Reference Guide.

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Fit&Well by Thomas D Fahey, Paul M Insel, Walton T Roth

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By: Thomas D Fahey, Paul M Insel, Walton T Roth  |  Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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The best-selling and most trusted title in fitness and wellness, Fit %26 Well is a learning system that teaches the science and the skills students need to enjoy a lifetime of wellness. The new edition of Fit %26 Well utilizes innovative technologies to engage and motivate students to take their health seriously and make healthy lifestyle behavior choices.
Fit %26 Well motivates students through science - Fit %26 Well`s respected text, which is available both in print and as an integrated multimedia eBook, provides the information students need to start their journey to fitness and wellness. Fit %26 Well`s authoritative, science-based information is written by experts who work and teach in the field of exercise science, physical education, and health education. Fit %26 Well provides accurate, reliable, current information on key health and fitness topics while also addressing issues related to mind-body health, research, diversity, gender, and consumer health.
Fit %26 Well motivates students through personal engagement - The Fit %26 Well learning system uses the online technologies and multimedia tools that have become an integral part of student`s college experience. Fit %26 Well`s engaging online tools enable students to personalize their learning and develop fitness programs and lifetime wellness plans. Hands-on activities include self-assessments and fitness labs, video on timely health topics such as tattooing and tanning beds, exercise demonstrations videos, a daily fitness and nutrition log, sample programs, and a wealth of behavior change tools and tips. Fit %26 Well builds research skills, critical thinking skills, and behavior change skills.
Fit %26 Well motivates students through Connect and LearnSmart - Tied to core student learning outcomes and objectives, Connect Fit %26 Well is a web-based assignment and assessment platform that promotes active learning and provides tools that enable instructors to teach the course more efficiently and effectively. An integrated multimedia eBook, the unparalleled LearnSmart adaptive assessment program, and a wealth of other online activities, assessments, and behavior change tools engage students using technologies that most students use on a daily basis. Using Connect, instructors can easily assign pre-loaded activities, create and edit assignments, produce video lectures, upload their own articles or videos, cascade assignments and produce reports for one or many course sections.

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Wii Fitness for Dummies by Bill Loguidice, Christina T Loguidice

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By: Bill Loguidice, Christina T Loguidice  |  Publisher: For Dummies
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A fun and friendly guide to enjoying the benefits of video games with actual fitness results!

Lose weight,, find serenity, and tone your muscles while playing a "video game"? It`s almost too good to be true! Yet, the Wii offers all of that, with fitness games that focus on losing weight, achieving balance and building strength. Written by an author team of Certified Personal Trainers,, this friendly guide is aimed at anyone who is eager to take advantage of combining the fun, interactive, and motivational aspects of video games with traditional fitness activities.

You`ll learn how to use Wii Fit Plus, EA Sports Active and other games as part of a sensible workout routine and lifestyle. The authors guide you through best practices for doing the exercises and explain how to incorporate a variety of other activities to maintain long-term results.Wii Fit Plus and EA Sports Active feature different fitness games that focus on losing weight, achieving balance and building strengthAn author duo of Certified Personal Trainers guide you through combining the fun, interactive aspect of Wii fitness with traditional fitness activitiesMore than 100 color screen shots serve as helpful examples for performing the routines safely and effectively

Using this instructional and innovative book, you`ll be fit with your Wii!

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Fitness for Life by Philip Allsen, Joyce M. Harrison, Barbara Vance

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By: Philip Allsen, Joyce M. Harrison, Barbara Vance  |  Publisher: Brown (William C.) Co ,U.S.
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Additional lab activities - now titled Fitness and Wellness Lab Activities have been added and now appear at the end of each chapter. By increasing the total to 28 fitness and health assessments the user has more opportunity for personal assessment and application. The Nutrition and Weight Control information in Chapters 9 and 10 has been updated to include the USDA food Guide Pyramid, fast foods, new information on factors that lead to obesity, new guidelines on lowering weight, and updated information on cholesterol and antioxidants. The benefits of regular exercise have been added to Chapter 1 and the basic principles for beginning a fitness program have been updated and added to Chapter 2 motivation, ensuring students know and understand the basics before starting up a personal fitness program. Critical health concerns have been updated throughout, such as osteoporosis, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, hypertension, lower back pain, the relationship of cancer with nutrition, and stress with coronary heart disease. This helps students to realise that fitness is more than looking good and it addresses important health problems. The popular activity, in-line skating, has been added to the endurance program showing that fitness activities should be those that are enjoyable and that along with popularity comes numerous safety concerns.

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Outlines&Highlights for Exercise Physiology for Health, Fitness, and Performance by Sharon A. Plowman, ISBN by Cram101 Textbook Reviews

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By: Cram101 Textbook Reviews  |  Publisher: Cram101 Incorporated
Outlines&Highlights for Exercise Physiology for Health, Fitness, and Performance by Sharon A. Plowman, ISBN by Cram101 Textbook Reviews - Free Downloads PDF
NeverGHLIGHT a Book Again! Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines, highlights, notes for your textbook with optional online practice tests. Only Cram101 Outlines are Textbook Specific. Cram101 is NOT the Textbook. Accompanys: 9780781792073

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Fitter for Life by Ed Mayhew

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By: Ed Mayhew  |  Publisher: Bookman Publishing&Marketing
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Discover the Secrets of the Masters of Fitness:: How a 54-year-old man who struggled to jog a single quarter mile got in good enough shape and summoned the energy to run 109 miles at the 24Hour Endurance Run National Championships ? at age 77. How a 40-year-old, full-time working mother with four young children made time to train as a 2-sport national champion ? all the while keeping her family priority one. How a lifelong heavy smoker and self-proclaimed couch potato in her forties transformed herself into an Ironman triathlete in her fifties. How a 59-year-old man just four and a half months removed from a near-fatal heart attack and double-by-pass surgery was able to complete one of the most grueling races ever run. How a 64-year-old with a cholesterol reading of 385dl/mg, arrhythmia (an irregular heart beat) and no background in competitive swimming was able to turn herself into a World Champion age-group swimmer. How a woman crippled by arthritis was able to beat the disease without resorting to drugs. Why most weight-loss and exercise programs fail and how the Masters of Fitness avoided this common pitfall and how you can, too. Which foods, drinks, supplements and herbs played the greatest role in the amazing athletic feats of the Masters of Fitness. Think these thoughts and you will age slower, but think THESE thoughts and you?ll age faster. How the Masters of Fitness get their bodies to release more youth-enhancing Human Growth Hormone (Hgh) naturally and how you can, too.

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Fitness Swimming by Emmett Hines

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By: Emmett Hines  |  Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
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Want more from your workout? Whether you seek to enhance your technique, trim your times, swim greater distances, or simply improve your fitness level,, Fitness Swimming will help you achieve your goals. Expert swim coach Emmett Hines has created 60 workouts and 16 sample programs, each arranged into suggested training zones to correspond to your fitness level and performance needs. Over a dozen cutting-edge technique drills will help you master your freestyle stroke. Covering heart-rate zone targets, expanded instruction for stroke efficacy, progressive drills, conditioning tips, and fitness assessments, Fitness Swimming has all the information you need to chart progress and maintain peak performance.

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The Fitness Response by Richard Kelley

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By: Richard Kelley  |  Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
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The Fitness Response addresses why a minority of individuals among us seems to consistently `get it right,` while so many among us struggle with the problem of excess weight.. In fact, a subset of our population thrives in pursuit of the ultimate body while most of us dabble, often unsuccessfully in diet after diet, to lose the same weight over and over again. "The Fitness Response" teaches both men and women how to move beyond `dieting` as a temporary approach to weight-loss and segue into a `known` lifestyle which promotes and delivers optimal results for the long-run. "The Fitness Response" is written for anyone who wishes to make the leap to the next level of what is truly possible and begin the process of physical transformation.

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Nutrition and Fitness by

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Nutritionntritionn and Fitness provides detailed information on a wide variety of related topics that fall into the following five subject areas: body; diet and nutrition;; human behavior; illness, injury, and disorders; and prevention and cure.

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Alcorobics : Fitness and Harmony through Drinking by Andrew Masterson

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By: Andrew Masterson  |  Publisher: Random House Australia
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Tried aerobics but couldn`t cope with the stupid leotards? Gave pilates a go but felt like a prat? Well, now there`s a revolutionary new exercise system just perfect for your busy life: Alcorobics : fitness and harmony through drinking! Alcorobics is a fantastic mind-body-spirit approach to good health and stunning looks which lets you tone your muscles without ever having to leave the pub. Try Alcorobics while sinking beers at the bar, playing pool, or jumping about on the dance floor! With Alcorobics you can literally drink till you`re drop-dead gorgeous! Based on ancient Sumerian philosophy, and refined for the 21st century by fitness guru, the Reverend Andrew Masterson, Alcorobics is the perfect system for all men and women who would desperately like to look trim, taut and terrific, but don`t like visiting gyms for the very sound reason that such places rarely if ever serve booze. Lavishly illustrated and divided into easy to follow sections, this book will teach you all you need to know about the most important physical exercise method since the invention of legs. Throw away your ab-expanders and jogging shorts. With Alcorobics you`ll be well on the way to having the body you always dreamed of having by the end of your first glass! Buy this book and head for the nearest hotel. Your new life can start today!

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Fitness After 50 Workout Counter Display by Elaine Lalanne

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By: Elaine Lalanne  |  Publisher: Penguin Books
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Thehor of Fitness After 50 and Dynastride! now expands her physical fitness program to include exercises for twenty-one different body parts. Photographs,, the latest aging research and Elaine LaLanne`s own example will have older men and women exercising with renewed vitality. 200 photographs.

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Fitness Attack by Amy McIntyre

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By: Amy McIntyre  |  Publisher: Lulu.com
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Exercising and eating right will make you healthy and fit. It`s that simple, right Actually, it can be very overwhelming. Whether, you are looking for some tips and tricks that will help you to achieve your goals or looking for ways to take your fitness to the next level - Fitness Attack is the book for you. Certified Personal Trainer and audio/video producer Amy Mac has assembled this book based on the best shows from her first season of Fitness Attack. Fitness Attack is written in an easy to read format and provides resources for every tip for you to find more information. All you have to do is incorporate some or all of these tips into your daily life and you WILL notice a difference.

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60 Day Personal Power Health&Fitness Journal by John Peterson, Wendie Pett

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By: John Peterson, Wendie Pett  |  Publisher: Bronze Bow Publishing
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In her Transformational Journal, Wendie offers:
- A complete exercise program featuring the Transformetrics Training System to help people slim, strengthen, and help their body achieve its natural, God-given strength and fitness potential...without the requirement of a gym or expensive exercise equipment.
- Complete food charts that feature protein, fat, and carbohydrate grams as well as calories.
- User-friendly exercise charts to help people keep track of their daily progress.
- And inspiring quotes, scriptures, and more to help them stay motivated.

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The Copperjar System Workbook - Your Blueprint for Financial Fitness by Paul C. Labarge, Alan T. MacDonald

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By: Paul C. Labarge, Alan T. MacDonald  |  Publisher: Copperjar Group Corp.
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As a nation, we are wealthier and more prosperous than our parents could have ever dreamed. Yet for the vast majority, money remains a source of stress and uncertainty in our lives. Even those of us who are fortunate enough to earn a decent living can suddenly wake up to find ourselves asset rich but cash poor. Ask yourself do you ever find yourself: Living from paycheck to paycheck? Making only the minimum payment on your credit cards? Struggling to keep up with debt payments, car loans or even mortgage payments on your home? Uncertain of how much you spend each month or where the money goes? Sound familiar? Whether you are a millionaire or make less than $40,000 a year, the Copperjar System will give you the tools you need to achieve your financial goals, become financially fit and take control of your finances and your life. Your Blueprint for Financial Fitness is the first book in the Copperjar Series of books. www.copperjarsystem.com

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Concepts of Physical Fitness by Charles Corbin

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By: Charles Corbin  |  Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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A proven philosophy for teaching lifetime fitness and wellness... "Health is available to Everyone for a Lifetime, and it`s Personal."
The goal of our booksummarized in the "HELP" philosophy stated aboveis to help all people make personal lifestyle changes that promote health, fitness, and wellness over a lifetime. Organized into concise concepts that make it easy for students to learn, Concepts of Physical Fitness is now integrated with online activities and assessments that enable students to apply the latest research on fitness and wellness to their own lives.
-New HELP activities encourage students to reflect, think critically, and apply the HELP philosophy to their lives.
-New icons link text to additional online features and resources, interactive quizzes, video activities, and study aids.
-Chapter-opening Health Goals reflect the priorities of Healthy People 2020, helping students link personal goals with national goals.
-In the News boxes inform students about current topics, trends, reports, and research findings, and Strategies for Action boxes provide practical tips for applying that information to their own lives.
-Detailed illustrations show students exactly how to perform strength training and flexibility exercises.

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