Name: Get Fit - Stay Fit By William Prentice
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Get Fit - Stay Fit by William Prentice

This brief, user-friendly text is designed for students with little or no background in developing a personal fitness program. Topics covered in Get Fit, Stay Fit include principles of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, limiting body fat, and nutrition. Key points have been emphasized to explain why certain aspects of physical fitness should be important to individuals, and how to become an informed consumer of physical fitness equipment and services

About William Prentice

Dr. William Prentice is Professor of Exercise and Sport Science and Coordinator of the Sports Medicine Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also serves as the Director of the NATA approved Graduate Athletic Training Education Program. He received his BS and MS from the University of Delaware and his Ph.D. in Sports Medicine and Applied Physiology from the University of Virginia. He also has a BS in Physical Therapy from the University of North Carolina. He is a Certified Member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and has received the Sayers A. "Bud" Miller Distinguished Athletic Trainer Educator Award and the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from the NATA. In 2004 he was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame. Dr. Prentice served as the Athletic Trainer for the Women's Soccer Program, which has won eighteen NCAA National Championships. He teaches graduate courses in sports medicine and athletic training. Dr. Prentice is the author of nine best-selling texts in athletic training, sports medicine, and health-related fitness.

1 Getting Fit: Why Should You Care?2 Creating A Healthy Lifestyle3 Starting Your Own Fitness Program4 Developing Cardiorespiratory Fitness5 Improving Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Power6 Increasing Flexibility Through Stretching7 Limiting Your Body Fat Through Diet and Exercise8 Eating Right9 Practicing Safe Fitness10 Becoming A Wise ConsumerEpilogue: Now Do You See Why You Should Care About Getting Fit?Appendix A: Food Composition TableLABS1-1 Importance of Physical Activity1-2 Daily Fitness Schedule2-1 Your Personal Stress Inventory2-2 Health Style: A Self-Test3-1 Medical History Questionnaire3-2 Planning for a Physical Activity Program4-1 Calculating Target Heart Rate4-2 The Rockport Fitness Walking Test4-3 Cooper's 12 -minute Walking/Running Test5-1 Push-ups5-2 Bent-Knee Sit-ups5-3 Muscular Endurance Test6-1 Trunk Flexion6-2 Trunk Extension6-3 Shoulder Lift Test7-1 Nutritional Knowledge Survey7-2 Assessing Your Nutritional Habits7-3 7-Day Diet Analysis7-4 Calculating Caloric Intake8-1 Calculating Body Mass Index (BMI)8-2 Assessing Your Nutritional Habits8-3 Determining Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)8-4 Calculating Caloric Expenditure8-5 Calculating Caloric Intake8-6 Worksheet for Estimating Caloric Balance

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CIN007304685XG

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9780073046853

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007304685X

Title

Get Fit - Stay Fit by William Prentice

Author

William Prentice

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Used - Good

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Paperback

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Year published

2006-05-16

Number of pages

320

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Get Fit - Stay Fit William Prentice

Get Fit - Stay Fit by William Prentice

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