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xvii, 268 pages : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index I. Understanding fitness and the rationale for exercise -- 1. Physical fitness -- The sport/fitness boom -- Physical fitness: what is it? -- The components of fitness -- How fit are we? -- 2. The benefits of exercise -- Risks versus benefits -- Response and adaptation -- Hypokinetic disease -- Exercise and CAD -- A sense of well-being II. From planning and organizing to screening and testing -- 3. Program development, organization, and management -- Program development guidelines -- Personnel -- Medical/legal implications -- Budget -- Facilities and equipment -- Marketing -- Records/program evaluation -- 4. Screening and exercise testing -- Health screening -- Physical fitness testing -- Adult fitness tests -- Stress testing (GXT) -- Electrocardiogram (ECG) III. Exercise principles, exercise prescription (Ex Rx), and programming -- 5. Exercise principles, prescription, and programming -- Exercise principles -- Aerobic exercise principles -- Strength and muscular endurance exercise principles -- Flexibility exercise principles -- Exercise specificity -- De-training and overtraining -- Contraindications -- Exercise

Author

William J. Stone

Publisher

Scott, Foresman & Co

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9780673182708

Subjects

Medical, Anthropology, Medicine

Updated

2026-03-24