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This textbook describes techniques for evaluating physical fitness and walks students through developing a program to improve their aerobic and muscular endurance, eating habits, and preventative health care. The seventh edition reflects new exercise testing, dietary, and weight guidelines. The CD-ROM contains activities for assessing current fitness, diet, exercise, and stress levels. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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FITNESS AND WELLNESS, Seventh Edition is a colorful, concise, less expensive option for instructors who value the powerful instruction that is the hallmark of the Hoegers' fitness and wellness texts. If you want the beauty found in the more comprehensive fitness and wellness text, the large ancillary package (see the "Ancillaries" section for a full listing), but are concerned about price and/or do not have enough time to get through the material, then this is your text! FITNESS AND WELLNESS, packaged with the Profile Plus 2007 CD-ROM, concentrates on health-related physical fitness components, with beneficial information about wellness. Inside, you'll also find discussions on motivation and behavior modification with an emphasis on teaching individuals how to take control of their personal fitness, health and lifestyle habits so they can make a constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy and realize their highest potential for well-being.
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