Principles and Labs for Fitness and Wellness (with Personal Daily Log), Sixth Edition - Softcover

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

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9780534589509: Principles and Labs for Fitness and Wellness (with Personal Daily Log), Sixth Edition

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ISBN 10: 0534589502 ISBN 13: 9780534589509

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2001

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This text gives students the motivational techniques and behavior modification tools to apply their learning experiences and knowledge from their fitness and wellness course. Perforated laboratory worksheets found at the end of each chapter make it ideal for fitness and wellness courses with a lab component.

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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.

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"...very current research included, such as [information] on functional foods and genetically modified foods."

"I enjoyed the abundance of information. You provide everything... The information you provide is very thorough."

"Excellent information provided to educate the reader... There is a wealth of information that will properly educate and prepare our new physical educators."

"[I] loved the section for Women."

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