Fitness Through Aerobics
Author: Jan Galen Bishop
Written for an aerobics, step aerobics, or aerobic dance course, Fitness through Aerobics teaches steps and methodologies for performing all types of aerobic dance exercises, as well as the strength and flexibility exercises that contribute to proper technique. The book features thorough coverage of new trends in the aerobics and fitness fields, along with information on standard aerobic dance, warm-up/cool-down activities, flexibility, injury prevention, and methods for teaching different types of students. Readers like Fitness through Aerobics for its straightforward, easily accessible writing style and the wide range of topics and activities it covers. The book also supplies a list of websites and worksheets that make it easy for readers to access and apply information. Aerobics, Wellness, and You, Individual Differences: Let's Talk About You, The Aerobics Look: Clothing and Equipment, Fitness Components and Exercise Principles, The Aerobic Target Zone, Setting Goals and Reaching Your Dream, Posture: A Dynamic Concept, Warm-Up/Cool-Down: Flexibility, Rhythmic Aerobics: Variations and Styles, Body Toning Through Resistance Exercises, Weights, Bands, Water, Stability Balls: Adding Resistance, The Mind-Body Connection, Nutrition and Weight Control, Prevention and Care, A Lifetime of Aerobics. For college instructors and students, or anyone interested in aerobics, step aerobics or aerobic dance.
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This guide to aerobic exercise describes the relationship between exercise and health, considers the effect of health factors like asthma and pregnancy, offers advice on clothing and equipment, provides guidance for creating an aerobics routine, and includes instructions for particular exercises. Black and white photographs and illustrations accompany narrative descriptions of the exercises. Worksheets are provided for listing health information, calculating one's target heart rate, setting goals, logging progress, testing fitness, and nutrition planning. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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New edition of a textbook that provides important exercise information that is difficult for an instructor to convey in a filled gymasium. Topics include goal setting, clothing and equipment, rhythmic aerobics, toning exercises, exercises to avoid, warming up and cooling down, nutrition and weight control, and care and prevention of injuries. Includes tips, bolded key words, and tear-out worksheets on chapter topics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Vitalism: The History of Herbalism, Homeopathy, and Flower Essences
Author: Matthew Wood
Vitalism, the recognition that the physical body is animated by a vital life force, is the foundation of most natural healing therapies. The forefathers of alternative medicine discovered methods of healing the body by stimulating this life force. In Vitalism: The History of Herbalism, Homeopathy, and Flower Essences, Matthew Wood describes the theories, lives, and work of nine great physicians who laid the groundwork for natural medicine.
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