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Fit & Well Brief Edition: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness Loose Leaf Edition Paul Insel

Fit & Well Brief Edition: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness Loose Leaf Edition By Paul Insel

Fit & Well Brief Edition: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness Loose Leaf Edition by Paul Insel


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Offers a learning system that teaches the science and the skills students need to enjoy a lifetime of wellness. This book provides information on key health and fitness topics while also addresses issues related to mind-body health, research, diversity, gender, and consumer health.

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Fit & Well Brief Edition: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness Loose Leaf Edition Summary

Fit & Well Brief Edition: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness Loose Leaf Edition by Paul Insel

The best-selling and most trusted title in fitness and wellness, Fit & 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 & Well utilizes innovative technologies to engage and motivate students to take their health seriously and make healthy lifestyle behavior choices.

Fit & Well motivates students through science - Fit & 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 & 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 & 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 & Well motivates students through personal engagement - The Fit & Well learning system uses the online technologies and multimedia tools that have become an integral part of student's college experience. Fit & 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 & Well builds research skills, critical thinking skills, and behavior change skills.

Fit & Well motivates students through Connect and LearnSmart - Tied to core student learning outcomes and objectives, Connect Fit & 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.

About Paul Insel

Paul Insel, PhD is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has been the principal investigator of numerous NIH studies involving health education, mental health, blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and nutrition. He has authored 14 books and more than 100 articles. Thomas D. Fahey, Ed.D., is professor of Kinesiology at California State University, Chico, where he teaches Exercise Physiology and Principles of Strength and Conditioning . He also volunteers as an assistant coach with the track and field team. He received his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Fahey has written college textbooks and trade books on exercise physiology, wellness, athletic training, weight training, personal training, golf, and ergogenic aids. He has also written hundreds of articles for scholarly journals and popular magazines. He is a contributing editor and writes monthly research columns for Muscular Development, Fitness RX for Women and Fitness RX for Men magazines. His interests include travel, skiing, golf, tennis, weight training, hiking, and discus throwing. Dr. Fahey is a world-class masters discus thrower and was an All-American discus thrower in college. He won eleven straight US National Masters Championships, five medals at the World Masters Championships (including world champion in 2003), and three gold medals in the World Masters Games. He is a former competitor in powerlifting, highland games, alpine skiing, and tennis. Walton T. Roth, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and Chief of the Psychiatric Consultation Service at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. He is author of over 150 research articles about how the body reacts to stress and psychological disorders. His clinical specialties are the treatment of anxiety disorders and psychiatric consultation in the general hospital.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Wellness, Fitness, and Lifestyle Management2 Principles of Physical Fitness 3 Cardiorespiratory Endurance4 Muscular Strength and Endurance5 Flexibility and Low-Back Health6 Body Composition7 Putting Together a Complete Fitness Program8 Nutrition Appendix A: Injury Prevention and Personal Safety Appendix B: Exercise Guidelines for People with Special Health Concerns Appendix C: Monitoring Your Progress

Additional information

CIN0077770404G
9780077770402
0077770404
Fit & Well Brief Edition: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness Loose Leaf Edition by Paul Insel
Used - Good
Hardback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
20140416
352
N/A
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