Principles and Labs for Fitness and Wellness (Available Titles CengageNOW) - Softcover

Werner W.K. Hoeger; Sharon A. Hoeger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495560111 ISBN 13: 9780495560111

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2009

Synopsis

Turn active learning into active living with PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR FITNESS AND WELLNESS, Tenth Edition. This book takes a personalized approach that guides you through the development of an attainable and enjoyable fitness and wellness program. Featuring over 150 pieces of art, this book gives you the necessary motivation and techniques for 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/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.

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About the Authors

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.

Sharon A. Hoeger is Vice President of Fitness & Wellness, Inc. in Boise, Idaho and holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Brigham Young University. As co-author of PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS, 10th Edition and four other Cengage texts, Ms. Hoeger is responsible for researching the most current scientific information for each revision, as well as developing the interactive software that accompanies all of the Hoeger fitness and wellness textbooks--innovations that have set the standard for fitness and wellness software today. The Hoeger husband-and-wife team has been jogging and strength training together for more than 35 years!

Edition details

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0495560111
• ISBN 13: 9780495560111
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 562