Physical Fitness and Wellness ©2004

Changing the Way You Look, Feel, and Perform; Third Edition (2004)

by Jerrold Greenberg, George Dintiman, Barbee Myers-Oakes. This text provides complete information, strategies, and motivation to help you improve the way you look, feel, and perform. The theme of this book is help you take charge of your life; overcome the many barriers to achieving fitness and wellness; and make lifestyle changes to improve your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being. Specific chapters include:

• Physical Fitness, Wellness and Health
• Assessing Your Present Level of Fitness
• Principles of Exercise
• Behavioral Change and Motivational Techniques
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness
• Flexibility Training
• Weight Training and Body Shaping
• Body Fat Loss and Weight Control
• Body Image
• Nutrition
• Chemicals and Fitness
• Stress Management and Physical Fitness
• Prevention and Care of Exercise Injuries
• Preventing Premature Heart Disease, Cancer, and other Diseases
• Designing a Program of Lifetime Fitness
• Beyond Fitness: Changing into the Elite Performer