Synopses & Reviews
This brief, user-friendly text is designed for students with little or no background in developing a personal fitness program. Topics covered in Get Fit, Stay Fit include principles of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, limiting body fat, and nutrition. Key points have been emphasized to explain why certain aspects of physical fitness should be important to individuals, and how to become an informed consumer of physical fitness equipment and services
About the Author
William E. Prentice, Ph.D., PT, ATC, Professor, Coordinator of Sports Medicine Specialization Department of Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Science, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Table of Contents
1 Getting Fit: Why Should You Care?2 Creating A Healthy Lifestyle3 Starting Your Own Fitness Program4 Developing Cardiorespiratory Fitness5 Improving Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Power6 Increasing Flexibility Through Stretching7 Limiting Your Body Fat Through Diet and Exercise8 Eating Right9 Practicing Safe Fitness10 Becoming A Wise ConsumerEpilogue: Now Do You See Why You Should Care About Getting Fit?Appendix A: Food Composition TableLABS1-1 Importance of Physical Activity1-2 Daily Fitness Schedule2-1 Your Personal Stress Inventory2-2 Health Style: A Self-Test3-1 Medical History Questionnaire3-2 Planning for a Physical Activity Program4-1 Calculating Target Heart Rate4-2 The Rockport Fitness Walking Test4-3 Cooper's 12 -minute Walking/Running Test5-1 Push-ups5-2 Bent-Knee Sit-ups5-3 Muscular Endurance Test6-1 Trunk Flexion6-2 Trunk Extension6-3 Shoulder Lift Test7-1 Nutritional Knowledge Survey7-2 Assessing Your Nutritional Habits7-3 7-Day Diet Analysis7-4 Calculating Caloric Intake8-1 Calculating Body Mass Index (BMI)8-2 Assessing Your Nutritional Habits8-3 Determining Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)8-4 Calculating Caloric Expenditure8-5 Calculating Caloric Intake8-6 Worksheet for Estimating Caloric Balance