Fitness Concepts

by K. Varine

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Prince George's Community College
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Medicine
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Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

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  1. 1: Fitness Concepts
  2. Licensing
  3. Table of Contents
  4. TitlePage
  5. 2: Healthy Behaviors and Wellness
  6. 2.1: Why Study Wellness?
  7. 2.2: Dimensions of Wellness
  8. 2.3: Health Problems in the United States
  9. 2.4: Behaviors That Promote Wellness
  10. 2.5: Behavior Modification
  11. 2.6: Lifestyle Modification Barriers
  12. 2.7: Assessing Your Personal Lifestyle Behaviors
  13. 3: Fitness Principles
  14. 3.1: Exercise- Not a Passing Fad
  15. 3.2: What are Physical Activity and Exercise?
  16. 3.3: Principles of Adaptation to Stress
  17. 3.4: Creating a Successful Fitness Plan
  18. 3.5: Additional Safety Concerns
  19. 3.6: References-
  20. 4: Cardiorespiratory Fitness
  21. 4.1: What is the cardiovascular and respiratory system?
  22. 4.2: The Benefits of Good Cardiorespiratory Health
  23. 4.3: How the CR System Works
  24. 4.4: The CR System and Energy Production
  25. 4.5: Oxidative Energy System (Aerobic)
  26. 4.6: Immediate/Explosive Energy System
  27. 4.7: Immediate/Explosive Energy System
  28. 4.8: Non-Oxidative or Anaerobic Energy System
  29. 4.9: Energy Systems Combine
  30. 4.10: Changes in the CR System
  31. 4.11: Assessing CR Fitness
  32. 4.12: Creating a Plan to Develop CR Fitness
  33. 4.13: Measuring Heart Rate
  34. 4.14: Measuring Intensity
  35. 4.15: Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessment
  36. 5: Muscular Strength and Endurance
  37. 5.1: Muscular Physiology
  38. 5.2: Resistance Exercise Programing
  39. 5.3: Supplements
  40. 5.4: Assessing your Muscular Strength and Endurance
  41. 6: Flexibility
  42. 6.1: THE BENEFITS OF FLEXIBILITY AND STRETCHING
  43. 6.2: IMPROVING RANGE OF MOTION
  44. 6.3: WAYS TO IMPROVE FLEXIBILITY
  45. 6.4: CREATING AN EFFECTIVE STRETCHING PROGRAM
  46. 6.5: ASSESSING YOUR FLEXIBILITY, LABORATORY EXERCISES
  47. 7: Body Composition
  48. 7.1: Body Weight versus Body Composition
  49. 7.2: Diseases Associated with Excessive Body Fat
  50. 7.3: How Much Fat is Needed?
  51. 7.4: Body Fat Distribution
  52. 7.5: Body Mass Index
  53. 7.6: How to Measure Body Composition
  54. 7.7: Weighing in on the U.S.
  55. 7.8: What Can Be Done?
  56. Back Matter
  57. Index
  58. Glossary
  59. Detailed Licensing