Principles and Labs for Physical Fitness (with Health, Fitness and Wellness Internet Explorer, Profile Plus 2006 CD-ROM, Personal Daily Log, and InfoTrac ) (Paperback)

by Wener W.K. Hoeger (Author), Sharon A. Hoeger (Author)

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Product Description
PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS, FIFTH EDITION, focuses on the ?fitness? topics, including body composition, cardiorespiratory endurance, and muscular strength and flexibility, and also highlights important wellness topics, such as behavior management, nutrition, and stress management. With over 100 pieces of art to make this text truly engaging, it is also designed to give students the motivation and techniques they need to know to apply their learning experiences and knowledge received from their fitness course. Each chapter allows readers to chart and update their progress in the various components of physical fitness. The emphasis is on teaching individuals how to take control of their personal health and lifestyle habits so they can make a constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy and realize their highest potentials for well being. In addition to the strength of the text, PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS comes with a wide-range of teaching and learning resources unlike any other to support your course! Besides the exclusive offerings of the CNN® Video Today series and InfoTrac® College Edition, or the extensive PowerPoint with over 400 slides and free WebTutor Toolbox Online teaching support, we offer a new BEHAVIOR CHANGE WORKBOOK. Each copy of the text also comes packaged FREE with the exciting and interactive PROFILE PLUS CD-ROM. Unique to any learning tutorial, this CD-ROM includes self-paced, guided assessments, exercise prescriptions and logs, nutrition analysis, and a text-specific study guide appropriate for all health students.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Brooks Cole; 5 edition (March 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534605621
• ISBN-13: 978-0534605629
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #976,352 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great resource book with a very few minor errors, March 2, 2008

By	Nancy Rector - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Principles and Labs for Physical Fitness (with Personal Daily Log and CengageNOW, InfoTrac Printed Access Card) (Paperback)

This is a great book overall and is written by a couple who have been married for over 30 years and have been actively engaged in a healthy lifestyle all that time. I'm very much into health, though through more simple and alternative methods, but this gave me a basic working knowledge of the body and exercise which I found incredibly helpful. I found a handfull of things I would disagree with, mainly concering food and drink... such as the comment that caffinated beverages count towards your water intake... I would vehemently argue that as much proof exists to the contrary ... caffiene is also a diuretic. But I have a good underlying knowlege of food so I was able to just ignore the things I disagreed with. But the mechanics of the body and exercise were wonderful and its a good source of fact and also can be quite inspiring to read. I learned many things I didn't know, such as where you carry your fat makes a difference in your health. Knowing this was written by a couple who practice what they preach really made it even more meaningful.

~Nancy

4.0 out of 5 stars fitness book highly informative!, February 29, 2008

By	S. Castronovo - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

very informative book about health and fitness, with many recent studies and facts to support why we need to be better fit, especially here in the USA!