Fitness For Life

Author : Charles B. Corbin Edition : 5 Updated Number of Pages : 327 Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers

Book Description

Fitness for Life helps students to

• meet national, state, and local physical education grade-level standards;
• learn about and meet national health goals for the year 2010;
• become informed consumers on matters related to lifelong physical activity and fitness;
• learn self-management skills that lead to adopting healthy lifestyles;
• take personal responsibility for program planning and setting individualized goals;
• recognize and overcome the barriers to reaching their activity and fitness goals;
• use technology to promote healthy living and to separate fact from fiction; and
• assess personal progress using a variety of tools, including FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM.

Fitness for Life is the original and best-selling high school text for promoting lifelong physical activity and healthy lifestyles that result in lifelong fitness, wellness, and health. Fitness for Life has been updated to make it better than ever. The updated edition retains the strengths of the fifth edition and has been enhanced with a test bank, an online study guide, and an array of other new features to keep teachers and students on the cutting edge.

The book’s pedagogically sound format includes lesson objectives that are consistent with state and national health and fitness goals. The chapter and unit structure is consistent with a school-year structure and works with your schedule no matter what schedule you’re on! Point-of-use Illustrations of muscles are included to help students learn which muscles are used in a variety of exercises.

Every chapter of the fully updated student text includes the following elements:

• Two lessons designed for the classroom portion of the class
• Three activities designed for use in the activity portion of the class
• A self-assessment that helps students to build a fitness profile to be used in program planning
• A taking charge feature designed to reinforce self-management skills and concepts
• A self-management skill feature that includes guidelines for learning self-management skills and reinforces taking charge
• A chapter review

Customer reviews

Most useful textbook ever! by .. John Smith (Houston, TX USA)
I purchased this to complete Texas Tech’s online correspondence health course. Amazon shipped it speedily as always and I was done with the class 2 weeks later. I have to say, I planned on selling this book because I didn’t think it had anything new besides the whole “don’t-do-drugs-exercise-eat-greens-etc.” advice but it turns out this book has workout routines, stretches, dietary info, and a wellness plan that you can use for life as the title says… needless to say, this is the sort of book you will hang on to just because the information inside is simple yet crucial for day-to-day living.

Required for school by .. A. Veillon (Houston)
Not a bad book, easy to follow. Had to purchase it for a correspondence class and it was cheaper to buy it here than from the school. (about $10 less)

My ex-wife swore by this book. by .. Harold Wiggam ()
My ex-wife swore by this book and I watched as her weight decreased. I got the book and now we have a bet on who is going to lose the weight first.

Six meals a day sounded pretty good, so I thought I would try it. I just started but I know it works because I watched her do it.

Correct book for correspondence course by .. J Bradbury (Houston, TX USA)
My daughter is taking a correspondence course from Texas Tech. The course is “Foundations in Personal Fitness”, which she needs in order to graduate from high school. I am giving this book 5 stars because it is the correct book and edition required by Texas Tech, as of July 2005. I don’t know how good the book is, but every few days she brings up something that she learned from this book.