Fitness Through Aerobics [Paperback]

Jan Galen Bishop (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0205285848 | ISBN-13: 978-0205285846 | Edition: 4 Sub

Fitness Through Aerobics uses unique tools and strategies to put vital health and fitness information directly into the hands of readers. Using the most up-to-date fitness and wellness information on aerobic dance exercise, the Fifth Edition reflects current trends in group fitness by adding information and photographs for resistance exercises using weights. It also includes a discussion of other group fitness activities, such as group cycling and stair stepping. A list of web sites and new worksheets (such as BMI) make it even easier to access and apply information. For college instructors and students.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The key to health and wellness requires two simple traits: Basic physical ability, and the commitment to exercise that ability on a regular, permanent basis. The knowledge about aerobics presented in this book will enhance the reader/participant's ability to 1) understand the important relationships between regular exercise, health and wellness, 2) perform exercises safely and correctly, 3) maximize the training effects of exercise, and 4) take control of planning and executing a lifetime fitness plan.

This book puts essential health and fitness information directly into the hands of readers. Topics covered in the book include wellness, principles and concepts of fitness, guidelines for specific needs such as asthma and pregnancy, descriptions and photographs of specific exercises, nutrition and weight control and injury prevention and care. Step, slide, aqua, combination bench, interval, circuit, low-, high-, and combination aerobics are here, along with body-toning exercise, both with and without resistance equipment. Aerobics instructors, health enthusiasts, and anyone who makes aerobic exercise and/or active fitness part of their daily lifestyle.

About the Author

Jan G. Bishop is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Education &
Human Performance at Central Connecticut State University.  She teaches courses in
aerobics and fitness, motor development, and motor learning as well as supervising
student teachers and certifying students in Physical Best. She is currently student
advisor to the CT Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
(CTAHPERD) and editor of the newsletter for the Eastern District Association of
AAHPERD. She was recognized in the fall of 2006 by CTAHPERD with the
Outstanding Service Award and has been selected to receive the EDA-AAHPERD
Outstanding Professional Award in March 2007. She has co-authored a college
wellness text titled Step Up to Wellnessand presented at the state, district and
national level on fitness topics. Her background includes co-running an aerobic dance
certification program and being Gold Certified by IDEA. She received her M.S. in
Physical Education and Dance at Indiana University and her Ed.D. in Physical
Education at Arizona State University.  --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 205 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 4 Sub edition (October 6, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205285848
• ISBN-13: 978-0205285846
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,643,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A book for aerobic class, September 21, 2011

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msw2006 "margarita" (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fitness through Aerobics (8th Edition) (Paperback)

This book is helpful in understanding the proper and different ways to work out; this book was used as the required textbook for my aerobic class. highly recommended!

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent all-around book for those seeking to get fit, December 31, 2007

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R. M. Simon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fitness through Aerobics (7th Edition) (Paperback)

If you had to own just one book on fitness, this would be an excellent choice. It covers the waterfront -- basic fitness concepts; clothing and equipment selection; flexibility exercises for warm-up and cool-down; resistance exercises for improved muscle tone; step aerobics and aerobic dance; exercise variants using weights, bands, stability balls; nutrition and weight control; injury prevention; even how to select an exercise facility and instructor. The content is based on the latest research in the field, and supplemented by helpful worksheets for key elements of a fitness program, such as determining your target heart rate and monitoring your fitness and cardiorespiratory performance status. There are excellent photos illustrating the exercises to do and, perhaps more important, the exercises to avoid. Before I got this book I was trying to cobble together my own fitness program from various web sites, and wondering why I was hurting most of the time. This book helped me enormously in putting together a more sensible fitness and weight-loss program that I have been able to sustain without injury.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Photos...., July 1, 2005

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Sunnyside "Sunnyside" (Astoria, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fitness through Aerobics (6th Edition) (Paperback)

I'm only reviewing the 4th Edition here -- and only a very small part, which is all I was able to glance at at the time...some photos of common exercises which the book advised against! Not just stuff like the sit-up which we now know to be bad for the back, but also side stretches, leg lifts, tilting/rolling the head backwards! Duck walks, the bridge...so many things which had been used during the tae kwon do training of my youth are listed as being dangerous here! You really must see the photos to know what I'm talking about...hopefully this Sixth Edition also has them -- it'll surprise even gym rats!