Here is the ultimate resource for maximizing your exercise and nutrition efforts. In this new edition of ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, you have an authoritative reference that allows you to apply research-based guidance to your unique health and fitness needs. With a focus across the life span, this resource shows you how to pursue optimal health and fitness now and throughout the years to come. The American College of Sports Medicine, the largest and most respected sport science and medicine organization in the world, has created this book to bridge the gap between science and the practice of making personal lifestyle choices that promote health. This new edition contains age-specific advice within the framework of the latest research, thus helping you to avoid the lure of fads, unfounded myths, and misinformation. You will learn these strategies: Incorporate the latest guidelines for physical activity and nutrition into your daily routine to improve your fitness and overall health. Optimize your weight and increase strength, flexibility, aerobic fitness, and functional fitness. Improve health and manage conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, depression, osteoporosis, arthritis, pregnancy, and Alzheimer’s disease through exercise and nutrition. Monitor, evaluate, and tailor your exercise program for optimal results. Featuring step-by-step instructions and full-color photos for the most effective exercises, sample workouts, practical advice, age-specific physical activity and dietary guidelines, and strategies for incorporating exercise and healthy nutrition choices into even the busiest of lifestyles, ACSM’s Complete Guide to Fitness & Health is a resource that belongs in every fitness enthusiast’s library. Contents Preface Acknowledgments Credits Part I Fit, Active, and Healthy Chapter 1 Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Physical Activity and Nutrition Barbara A. Bushman Chapter 2 Embracing Physical Activity: A Complete Exercise Program Barbara A. Bushman Chapter 3 Balancing Nutrition: Recommended Dietary Guidelines Stella Lucia Volpe and Joseph R. Stanzione Chapter 4 Promoting Healthy Habits: Getting Started and Staying Motivated Barbara A. Bushman Part II Exercise and Activity for Building a Better You Chapter 5 Improving Your Aerobic Fitness Barbara A. Bushman Chapter 6 Enhancing Your Muscular Fitness Avery D. Faigenbaum Chapter 7 Increasing Your Flexibility Jan Schroeder and Michelle Kulovitz Alencar Chapter 8 Sharpening Your Functional Fitness Nicholas H. Evans Part III Fitness and Health for Every Age Chapter 9 Children and Adolescents: Birth to Age 17 Don W. Morgan Chapter 10 Adults: Ages 18 to 64 Barbara A. Bushman Chapter 11 Older Adults: Ages 65 and Older Robert S. Mazzeo Part IV Fitness and Health for Every Body Chapter 12 Cardiovascular Health Shannon Lennon-Edwards and William B. Farquhar Chapter 13 Diabetes Sheri R. Colberg Chapter 14 Cancer Kathryn H. Schmitz Chapter 15 Alzheimer’s Disease Brad A. Roy and Linda Fredenberg Chapter 16 Osteoporosis and Bone Health Kara A. Witzke and Kerri M. Winters-Stone Chapter 17 Arthritis and Joint Health A. Lynn Millar Chapter 18 Weight Management Laura J. Kruskall Chapter 19 Pregnancy and Postpartum Lanay M. Mudd and Jean M. Kerver Chapter 20 Depression Heather Chambliss and Tracy L. Greer References Index About the ACSM About the Editor About the Contributors
- ISBN: 9781492533672
- Editorial: HUMAN KINETICS PUBLISHERS
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 448
- Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2017
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