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Provides participants and exercise leaders with practical ideas and fun-based games that are designed to enhance the various components of fitness. Includes over 120 individual and partner stationary activities, individual and partner continuous movement activities, group activities, recreational games, and relays. By Barry Franklin, Neil Oldridge, Karl Stoedefalke, and William...

A great introduction to health for beginners. Provides readers with the information they need to make health-conscious decisions about every aspect of their lives. Contains easy-to-understand chapters on such important topics as: Establishing fitness goals, understanding risk factors, developing cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, sensible weight loss, choosing the right exercises,...

What do I do to make physical activity fun, and how can I keep exercise program participants enthusiastic? These are common questions among activity directors and program administrators who work with older adults. Now there are some ready answers in Active Older Adults: Ideas for Action. This excellent manual provides...

Advances in Motor Learning and Control surveys the latest, most important advances in the field, surpassing the confines of debate between proponents of the information processing and dynamical systems. Zelaznik, editor of the Journal of Motor Behavior from 1989 to 1996, brings together a variety of perspectives. Some of the...

Stay ahead of the curve by offering your patients and athletes a full complement of care that focuses not only on their symptoms but examines the varied and interrelated factors that contribute to their health. Complementary Sports Medicine shows you how to combine many nontraditional therapies that will help your...

The reorganized and newly revised Children's Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, presents the most up-to-date research, methodology, and approaches related to children's physiologic responses to exercise. The book examines not only the current major issues that separate children from adults, but also the underlying mechanisms of these differences. Readers will learn...

It's not a secret that the most vital piece of golf equipment is the human body, yet most golfers believe the best ways to lower scores are big-head drivers, premium golf spikes, and other top-of-the-line tools. It's better physical conditioning that allows the pros to hit drives farther than ever,...

As physical activity becomes increasingly popular, the diversity of active participants is greater than ever. Professionals working with active clients have an appreciation for the fact that many of their clients face unique dietary challenges. Fitness Nutrition for Special Dietary Needs is the first book to deliver state-of-the-art nutrition information...

Infant Motor Development is the first text to concentrate on motor development during infancy - the stage in which the greatest qualitative changes in the life span occur. It is an excellent introduction to the most relevant and common issues researchers, clinicians, and parents face. This groundbreaking text combines theory...

Millions of people want to add muscle, get stronger, and look fit as a result. But when they look for expert guidance, they face a sea of self-proclaimed fitness gurus who say they have a can't-miss program for fast and easy results. So where do you look for solid, no-nonsense...

Experience exclusive inside access, prior to and following the 2005 Mr. Olympia Show, with this Jay Cutler One Step Closer Workout DVD from Schiek(r). It features over 5 1/2 hours of the daily routine and workouts of a champion. 2 disc set Running Time: 349 minutes Over 5 1/2 hours...

The STOTT PILATES(r) Athletic Conditioning on Reformer DVD teaches you how to isolate muscles and increase movement efficiency while emphasizing core stability in two sport-specific Reformer-based workouts designed for driven athletes. Master Instructor Trainer John Garey takes you through two exercise programs that sharpen agility, boost strength and endurance, and...

Moving at a faster pace, Master Instructor Trainer Moira Merrithew adds challenge to the Matwork series and continues to build strength and increase muscle tone in this STOTT PILATES(r) Intermediate Matwork 3rd Edition DVD. In-depth, entire repertoire of intermediate matworkQ93-minute DVD with a 41-minute workout Covers 45 exercises Instruction Level:...

Ramp up the intensity of your Essential level workout with the STOTT PILATES(r) Intermediate Pilates Edge(tm) routine. By changing the angle of exercise, discover how you can boost resistance and complexity your workouts. 95-minute DVD with a 38-minute workout Covers 33 exercises Instructional Level: Intermediate Requires Pilates Edge™ and exercise...

Improve mobility and flexibility while feeling stronger and more fit with this 2-DVD set from Stott Pilates(r). These gentle workouts help correct posture and alleviate back and neck tension. Titles include: Standing Tall and The Secret to a Strong Back . Strong and Healthy Back 2-DVD set from Stott Pilates®...

Billy Blanks, creator of Tae Bo, presents his brand-new-Billy's BootCamp(tm). Billy will motivate you to Blast into Shape in 7 Days and completely transform your body and your mind! Billy's BootCamp is a complete fitness system that consists of 3 amazing new workouts combined to create a fat blasting muscle...

With Kathy Smith Peel Off the Pounds Pilates , fitness expert Kathy Smith delivers a workout system that kicks the fat-burning power of Pilates into high gear. A calorie-burning workout is combined with upper and lower-body toning routines, which work together to reshape your arms, abs, hips and thighs. Maximize...

A 12-week program that can lead to better physical and mental health, from the founder of Muscle Media magazine. Short but intensive weightlifting routines are presented, along with motivational and nutritional tips. 224 pages. There is no actual image of this item. The image shown is representative only. The actual...

Hollywood's biggest celebrities and people just like you have transformed their bodies with Barry's Bootcamp. It uses a whole new way of working out called Focused Interval Training, or FIT, which burns fat up to 9 times faster than ordinary workouts. With Barry's Bootcamp, you'll get 6 fat-blasting and body-sculpting...

In 101 Sports Medicine Tips and Facts: Vol. 2NManaging Common Athletic Injuries, authors Barry Boden, MD, Francis O'Connor, MD, and Robert Wilder, MD present targeted, up-to-date information on the most common injuries experienced by athletes, including: Foot and ankle injuries, knee injuries, leg injuries, spine injuries, hand and wrist injuries,...

In 101 Sports Medicine Tips and Facts: Vol. 3NYouth Sports, authors Barry Boden, MD, Francis O'Connor, MD, and Robert Wilder, MD present targeted, up-to-date and easy-to-apply information on a wide array of youth sports issues. Topics covered include the most common injuries encountered in youth baseball, basketball, football, gymnastics, hockey,...

A Practical Guide to Developing Resistance-Training Programs is designed to help strength/conditioning and fitness professionals develop specific resistance training programs to enhance health and/or athletic performance. Covers basic muscle physiology, resistance-training principles and concepts, responses and adaptations to resistance training, types of resistance training, program design, periodization, strength testing and...

Clinical Exercise Specialist Manual prepares fitness professionals to work with clients having a variety of diseases and chronic conditions from the most common (such as asthma, hypertension and obesity) to lesser seen disorders (including COPD, AIDS and intellectual disabilities). Chapters cover cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, immunological/hematological disorders, neurological disorders, exercise...

In the world of fitness fad and fashion, the dumbbell remains a simple, low-tech and inexpensive piece of exercise equipment that can produce great results, in a very short length of time. Dumbbell Fitness offers an effective and efficient means for improving muscle strength and increasing muscle size. Dumbbells offer...

A must-have for fitness professionals. Includes detailed information about aerobic testing and training (pre-exercise screening, field tests, exercise prescription and more), musculoskeletal testing and training (measurement, development and more) and special exercise considerations and populations (hypertension, asthma, women's issues, aging, and much more). 2002, 240 pages