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-Assist students in understanding the essentials of lifelong wellness

-Provide problem-solving and critical-thinking opportunities to build bridges to greater understanding

-Empower students to overcome fitness and wellness barriers, make healthier choices, and modify their behavior

-Provide an individualized approach to behavior-changing strategies and help unmotivated, sedentary students as well as elite athletes

This text provides complete information, strategies, and motivation to help students improve the way they look, feel, and perform. The theme of this book is change--how students can take charge of their lives; overcome the many barriers to achieving fitness and wellness; and make lifestyle changes to help themselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

Research shows that behavioral change and motivation are vital to helping people adopt physically active, healthy lives. Physical Fitness and Wellness, Third Edition not only offers a chapter on this topic, but also weaves motivational and behavior-changing strategies throughout the book.

Covers facets of fitness and wellness that other texts overlook

To help students learn how to change, the authors provide much more than just the basics of fitness and wellness. They recognize that students must consider many factors in attempting to accomplish their fitness and wellness goals. Thus, this book not only addresses traditional aspects of fitness but also explores other influences, such as stress, nutrition, chemicals, injuries, environmental factors, and more. This new edition also integrates issues of special interest to minorities and women and contains more extensive, updated references.

Self-directed and individualized approach

In addition, the authors recognize that each student is unique and that one fitness and wellness plan does not fit all--so they offer an individualized approach. They provide strategies to help the unmotivated, sedentary student take that first step to improve health, and strategies for the highly motivated, fit student to meet even higher goals. This book allows each student to do a self-assessment and create goals based on that self-assessment.

Special student-friendly features

-Study aides, including chapter objective lists, user-friendly tables and figures, same-page glossary definitions of key terms, and thorough chapter-ending summaries

-Electronic and Web-based ancillaries, including a presentation package, test package, and sample course outline with other support materials

-Application activities, such as discovery activities, service-learning activities, and thematic sidebars addressing behavioral change and motivational strategies

-Self-analysis tools to open each chapter: 10-question true-false Awareness Inventories and Analyze Yourself forms to fill out

-Myth and Fact Sheet sidebars

Physical Fitness and Wellness, Third Edition will help students understand the essentials of lifelong wellness, learn how to improve their personal wellness, and--through Service-Learning Activities--communicate positive healthy messages to others. Students will be able to identify misconceptions about health issues and will be empowered to make healthier choices in their own lives.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Dedication
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Physical Fitness, Health, and Wellness
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Health Risk
• Components of Physical Fitness
• Health and Wellness
• Health Objectives for the Nation
• What Physical Fitness Can Do for You
• Prevalence of Physical Activity
• Barriers to a Physically Active Lifestyle
• Your Personal Physical Fitness Profile
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 1.1 Health Strengths and Weaknesses Assessment
• Discovery Activity 1.2 Spiritual Health Assessment
• Discovery Activity 1.3 Service-Learning for Physical Fitness, Health, and Wellness
• Chapter 2 Assessing Your Present Level of Fitness
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Fitness Testing Behavior
• Medical Evaluation
• Fitness Appraisal
• Putting It All Together
• Assessing Physical Fitness in Physically Disabled Individuals
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 2.1 Your Physical Fitness Profile
• Discovery Activity 2.2 Determining Your Resting and Exercise Heart Rate
• Discovery Activity 2.3 Service-Learning for Assessing Physical Fitness Levels
• Chapter 3 Principles of Exercise
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Exercise Workout Behavior
• The Ideal Exercise Program
• Fitness Concepts
• New Exercise Guidelines for Children, Adults, and Elderly
• Exercise Guidelines for Special Groups
• Making the Right Exercise Choices
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 3.1 Choosing and Committing to an Exercise Program
• Discovery Activity 3.2 Finding Your Target Heart Rate
• Discovery Activity 3.3 Service-Learning for Principles of Exercise
• Chapter 4 Behavior Change and Motivational Techniques
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Locus of Control
• Psychosocial Factors to Consider
• Strategies for Achieving Your Fitness Goals
• Behavior Change Theories and Exercise
• Maintaining Your Fitness Program
• Exercising Under Difficult Circumstances
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 4.1 Employing Strategies for Beginning or Maintaining Your Exercise Program
• Discovery Activity 4.2 Social Support Assessment
• Discovery Activity 4.3 Service-Learning for Flexibility
• Chapter 5 Cardiorespiratory Fitness
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself
• Understanding the Difference Between Anaerobic and Aerobic Exercise
• Benefits of Cardiorespiratory Fitness
• Measuring Cardiorespiratory Fitness
• Sample Starter Programs
• Comparison of Energy Expenditure From Various Types of Aerobic Exercises
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 5.1 Assessing Your Level of Aerobic Fitness by the 1-Mile Walking Test
• Discovery Activity 5.2 Assessing Your Level of Aerobic Fitness by the 12-Mile Run Test
• Discovery Activity 5.3 Service-Learning for Cardiorespiratory Fitness
• Chapter 6 Flexibility Training
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Flexibility Behavior in Exercise and Everyday Activity
• Factors Affecting Flexibility
• Importance of Flexibility
• Assessment of Flexibility
• What Stretching Technique to Use
• Flexibility Training Principles
• Flexibility Exercises
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 6.1 Measuring Lower-Back and Hamstring Flexibility
• Discovery Activity 6.2 Determining Your Total Body Flexibility
• Discovery Activity 6.3 Service-Learning for Flexibility
• Chapter 7 Weight Training and Body Shaping
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Do You Need to Start a Strength Training Program?
• Importance of Strength and Endurance
• Factors Affecting Muscular Strength and Endurance
• Strength Training Principles
• Lifting Techniques
• Barbell and Dumbbell Exercises
• Girth Control
• Body Shaping (Sculpting)
• Summary
• Discover Activity 7.1 Finding Your 6-RM for Each Exercise
• Discovery Activity 7.2 Obtaining a Flat Healthy Stomach
• Discovery Activity 7.3 Service-Learning for Weight Training
• Chapter 8 Body-Fat Loss and Weight Control
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Body Weight and Fat Loss Behavior
• Trends in Body-Fat Loss and Weight Control
• Causes of Obesity
• Body Composition
• Safe Weight-Loss Procedures
• Special Diets
• Underweight Conditions and Eating Disorders
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 8.1 Determining Your Percentage of Body Fat
• Discovery Activity 8.2 Determining Your Caloric Needs
• Discovery Activity 8.3 Service-Learning for Weight Loss
• Chapter 9 Body Image
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Body Image
• The Elusive Perfect Body
• Why Models Look So Perfect
• Cultural Influences
• Diet
• Exercise
• Issues Related to Body Image
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 9.1 Body Self-Esteem Assessment
• Discovery Activity 9.2 Self-Talk and Discovering a Better You
• Discovery Activity 9.3 Service-Learning for Body Image
• Chapter 10 Nutrition
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Dietary Behavior
• Kinds of Nutrients
• Nonenergy Nutrients
• Food Density
• Dietary Guidelines for Good Health
• Food Labeling
• Nutrition-Disease Relationships
• Nutrition and Aging
• Special Needs of the Active Individual
• Osteoporosis
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 10.1 Estimating Caloric Expenditure
• Discovery Activity 10.2 Estimating Your Daily Fiber Intake
• Discovery Activity 10.3 Service-Learning for Nutrition
• Chapter 11 Chemicals and Fitness
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Drug Use Behavior
• Drug Use, Misuse, and Abuse
• Alcohol
• Tobacco
• Ecstasy
• Rohypnol
• Drug-Taking to Enhance Athletic Performance
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 11.1 Signs of Alcoholism
• Discovery Activity 11.2 Why Do You Smoke
• Discovery Activity 11.3 Service-Learning for Preventing Alcohol Abuse
• Chapter 12 Stress Management and Physical Fitness
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Physical Stress Symptoms
• Stress-Related Concepts
• A Model of Stress
• Exercise's Unique Contribution to Stress Management
• Managing Stress
• Type A and B Behavior Patterns and the Exerciser
• Time Management: Freeing Up Time to Exercise
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 12.1 Stress Reactivity Assessment
• Discovery Activity 12.2 Meditation Effects Assessment
• Discovery Activity 12.3 Service-Learning for Stress Management and Physical Fitness
• Chapter 13 Prevention and Care of Exercise Injuries
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Injury Prevention Behavior
• Protecting Your Body From Injury and Illness
• Tissue Response to Injury
• General Treatment Modalities
• Prevention and Emergency Treatment of Common Exercise Injuries and Illnesses
• Use of Medication in the Treatment of Exercise-Related Injuries
• Nutrition and Healing
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 13.1 Evaluating Your Potential for Foot and Leg Injuries
• Discovery Activity 13.2 Evaluating Your Home Medicine Cabinet
• Discovery Activity 13.3 Service-Learning for Prevention and Care of Exercise Injuries
• Chapter 14 Preventing Premature Heart Disease, Cancer, and Other Diseases
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Your Risk of Acquiring Cancer
• Heart Disease
• Cancer
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Other Disease and Conditions
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 14.1 Your Healthy Heart IQ
• Discovery Activity 14.2 Blood Composition Assessment
• Discovery Activity 14.3 Service-Learning for Prevention of Premature Heart Disease and Cancer
• Chapter 15 Designing a Program of Lifetime Fitness
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Assessing Which Physical Activity Matches Your Personality
• Identifying Your Fitness Goals
• Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• Fitness Activities to Help You Achieve Your Goals
• Being a Fitness Consumer
• Home Exercise Equipment
• Promoting Lifetime Physical Fitness for Disabled Individuals
• Keeping Fit As You Age
• Exercise for the Elderly
• Conclusion: Some Last Words on Wellness
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 15.1 Discover Why You Want to Be Physically Fit
• Discovery Activity 15.2 Discovering a New Mind-Set About Exercise
• Discovery Activity 15.3 Discovering a Fitness Program Unique for You
• Discovery Activity 15.4 Service-Learning for Running Safety
• Chapter 16 Beyond Fitness: Changing Into the Elite Performer
• Chapter Objectives
• Awareness Inventory
• Analyze Yourself: Determining Your Involvement in High Level Fitness Activities
• Competitive Aerobics
• Anaerobic Training (Intense Exercise for a Short Time)
• Flexibility
• Strength
• Power
• Speed
• Sprint-Assisted Training
• Summary
• Discovery Activity 16.1 A Personalized Elite Fitness Program
• Discovery Activity 16.2 Personal Workout Log
• Discovery Activity 16.3 Service-Learning for Elite Fitness Champions
• Appendixes
• Appendix A Nutritional Content of Common Foods
• Appendix B Nutritive Values of Popular Fast Foods
• Appendix C Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
• Appendix D Prevention and Emergency Treatment of Common Exercise Injuries
• References
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Jerrold S. Greenberg, EdD, is a professor in the department of public and community health at the University of Maryland. Dr. Greenberg was selected as an Alliance Scholar of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) in 1996, and also received the Scholar Award from the American Association for Health Education (AAHE) in 1995.

Dr. Greenberg has authored more than 40 books and 80 articles, and he has made numerous presentations on wellness, fitness, and community health. He has served on numerous committees for AAHPERD and AAHE and for the American School Health Association. The leading scorer and most valuable player of his college basketball team, Dr. Greenberg remains active in basketball, tennis, aerobic activities, and weight training.

George Blough Dintiman, EdD, is professor emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he previously served as division chair and professor of health and physical education from 1968 to 1998. He is the author of 40 books and numerous videos on fitness and wellness, nutrition, weight control, general health, and speed improvement. He continues to conduct research on fitness and conditioning and is actively involved in consulting and writing.

Dr. Dintiman is cofounder and president of the National Association of Speed and Explosion, and he is an internationally known expert on the improvement of speed for team sports. He starred in football, basketball, and track in high school and college; was an NFL draft choice; and had his football jersey retired by Lock Haven University, where he still holds many rushing and scoring records. He was inducted into the Capital Area Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.

Dr. Dintiman has two daughters, one son, and three grandchildren. He and his wife, Carol Ann, live on the Outer Banks of North Carolina where they are avid participants in tennis, running, cycling, kayaking, and weight training.

Barbee Myers Oakes, PhD, is the director of multicultural affairs at Wake Forest University. Dr. Oakes is one of the first African American women in the American College of Sports Medicine to receive a doctorate. She has taught and researched in physical fitness and wellness for nearly 20 years, and she has published numerous articles and coauthored five books on related topics as well as presented at national and international conferences.
Dr. Oakes has focused much of her research efforts on minority and women's health issues. She is a member of the Steering Committee for the Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She has been a member of the board of directors for the Association of Black Cardiologists and was a charter member of the International Society for Hypertension in Blacks. Dr. Oakes stays active by walking, cycling, and gardening.