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"Fitness and Health explains in plain English how the body responds to physical activity, why physical activity is so important to health, and how best to become physically active. You'll learn how...
"Fitness and Health explains in plain English how the body responds to physical activity, why physical activity is so important to health, and how best to become physically active. You'll learn how to create programs to improve your aerobic fitness; increase your muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility; control your diet and weight; and improve your performance at work and in sports." "With more than 100,000 copies sold, this classic reference (formerly titled Physiology of Fitness) is your source for accurate and insightful information. Now updated and redesigned, this comprehensive text will show you how to improve and maintain your health through regular and enjoyable physical activity."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Brian J. Sharkey
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Fourth edition
- Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [1997]
- ©1997
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 417 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780873228787, 0873228782
- OCLC
- ocm35033692
- Revision of the 3rd ed. of Physiology of fitness published in 1990 by Human Kinetics.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-406) and index.
- Ch. 1. Health Benefits of Activity and Fitness -- Ch. 2. Activity and Mental Health -- Ch. 3. Activity and Personal Health -- Ch. 4. Understanding Aerobic Fitness -- Ch. 5. Benefits of Aerobic Fitness -- Ch. 6. Improving Your Aerobic Fitness -- Ch. 7. Aerobic Fitness Programs -- Ch. 8. Understanding Muscular Fitness -- Ch. 9. Benefits of Muscular Fitness -- Ch. 10. Improving Your Muscular Fitness -- Ch. 11. Nutrition and Health -- Ch. 12. Energy and Activity -- Ch. 13. Activity, Diet, and Weight Control -- Ch. 14. Weight-Control Programs -- Ch. 15. Performance at Work -- Ch. 16. Performance in Sport -- Ch. 17. The Environment and Performance -- Ch. 18. Age, Activity, and Vitality -- Ch. 19. The Psychology of Activity -- Ch. 20. Activity and the Quality of Life
Subjects
- Sports -- Physiological aspects.
- Physical fitness.
- Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
- Exercise -- physiology.
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- Physical Fitness -- physiology.
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