Principles and Labs for Fitness and Wellness (with Personal Daily Log and CengageNOW, InfoTrac Printed Access Card) (Available Titles CengageNOW) - Softcover

Hoeger, Wener W.K.; Hoeger, Sharon A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495111732 ISBN 13: 9780495111733

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2007

Synopsis

Turn active learning into active living with PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR FITNESS AND WELLNESS, Ninth Edition, the book that will guide you through the development of an attainable and enjoyable fitness and wellness program. With over 150 pieces of art that make this text truly engaging, the book gives you the motivation and techniques you need to apply what you're learning about health and fitness, from nutrition and stress management to flexibility and strength. Perforated laboratory worksheets found at the end of each chapter help you analyze and understand concepts, and move to the next state of behavioral modification. With Hoeger and Hoeger, you'll soon learn how to take control of your personal health and lifestyle habits so you can make a constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy and realize your highest potential for well being.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Werner W.K. Hoeger Professor Emeritus in the Department of Kinesiology at Boise State University, and fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. The 2004 recipient of the Presidential Award for Research and Scholarship in the College of Education at Boise State University, Dr. Hoeger continues to research and lecture on exercise physiology, physical fitness, and wellness. In addition to PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS, Dr. Hoeger has published several Cengage Learning texts, including Fitness and Wellness, Principles and Labs for Fitness and Wellness, Lifetime Physical Fitness and Wellness, Wellness: Guidelines for a Healthy Lifestyle, and Water Aerobics for Fitness and Wellness (with Terry-Ann Spitzer Gibson). Dr. Hoeger is a former luge runner and Winter Olympian, and renowned fitness and wellness innovator. He developed many popular fitness assessment tools in use today, such as the modified sit and reach, total body rotation, shoulder rotation, muscular endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and soda pop coordination tests.

Review

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Edition details

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0495111732
• ISBN 13: 9780495111733
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 514