Personal Fitness [Hardcover]

Charles S. Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 31, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0757504671 | ISBN-13: 978-0757504679 | Edition: 5th

Chapter 1: Looking Good/Feeling Good Chapter 2: Components of Fitness Chapter 3: Goal Setting for Teenagers Chapter 4: Guidelines for Exercise Chapter 5: Principles of Training Chapter 6: Flexibility Chapter 7: Cardiovascular Fitness Chapter 8: Muscular Fitness Chapter 9: Nutrition chapter 10: Body Composition and Weight Control Chapter 11: Stress Chapter 12: Consumer Issues Chapter 13: Evaluation of Activities Chapter 14: Designing Your Own Program

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Kendall Hunt Pub Co; 5th edition (January 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0757504671
• ISBN-13: 978-0757504679
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #494,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Lookism, November 27, 2007

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D. P. Birkett (Suffern, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Personal Fitness (Hardcover)

Many people suffer mental distress because of real or imagined defects in how they look. Self-esteem is often linked to personal appearance. The authors of this book think that is not a bad thing. They deliberately emphasize the link between looking "good" and feeling good. They target a very vulnerable group. Adolescents are especially likely to be worried about how they look.
The illustrations are likely to upset any victim of obesity. All the photographs of young people exercising show them of ideal body weight, without facial blemishes, and, when in groups, with the males taller than the females. No obesity victims are shown exercising.
The drawings are egregiously offensive. In one, a victim of severe obesity is shown sitting and crudely mocking a baseball player. In others the overweight are shown with midriffs bulging out of ill-fitting clothes.
Anyone reading this book (and maybe the authors themselves) should be given the opportunity to read Lucy Grealy's "Autobiography of a Face" and "Weight Bias" edited by Kelly D. Brownell.