Fitness for Life
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. [Maybe remove this here, since this is one, specific feature, when this paragraph is still pretty general. -LC]

The following are new features in the Updated Fifth Edition:

• New focus on MyPyramid and the 2005 dietary guidelines
• Online study guide and test bank
• Increased emphasis on diversity awareness
• Wrap-around lesson plans to accompany lesson plan book and CD-ROM
• And much more-request a desk copy to see!

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 reinforceself-management skills and concepts
• A self-management skill feature that includes guidelines for learning self-management skills and reinforces taking charge
• A chapter review
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Fitness for Life
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. [Maybe remove this here, since this is one, specific feature, when this paragraph is still pretty general. -LC]

The following are new features in the Updated Fifth Edition:

• New focus on MyPyramid and the 2005 dietary guidelines
• Online study guide and test bank
• Increased emphasis on diversity awareness
• Wrap-around lesson plans to accompany lesson plan book and CD-ROM
• And much more-request a desk copy to see!

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 reinforceself-management skills and concepts
• A self-management skill feature that includes guidelines for learning self-management skills and reinforces taking charge
• A chapter review
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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. [Maybe remove this here, since this is one, specific feature, when this paragraph is still pretty general. -LC]

The following are new features in the Updated Fifth Edition:

• New focus on MyPyramid and the 2005 dietary guidelines
• Online study guide and test bank
• Increased emphasis on diversity awareness
• Wrap-around lesson plans to accompany lesson plan book and CD-ROM
• And much more-request a desk copy to see!

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 reinforceself-management skills and concepts
• A self-management skill feature that includes guidelines for learning self-management skills and reinforces taking charge
• A chapter review

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781492591511
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Publication date: 02/15/2021
Edition description: Seventh Edition
Pages: 544
Product dimensions: 0.00(w) x 0.00(h) x 0.00(d)
Lexile: 1120L (what's this?)

About the Author

Dr. Charles B. ("Chuck") Corbin has been a professor at Arizona State University for more than 20 years. He is currently a member of the faculty in the department of exercise and wellness at Arizona State University-East. He is the senior or sole author of more than 70 books. Fitness for Life (winner of the Texty Award of the Text and Academic Authors Association), Concepts of Physical Fitness (winner of the McGuffey Award), and Concepts of Fitness and Wellness are the most widely adopted high school and college texts in the area of fitness and wellness.

Ruth Lindsey, PhD, was a professor emeritus at California State University at Long Beach and a recognized leader in physical activity and fitness with special expertise in biomechanics, kinesiology, questionable exercises, nutrition, and physical activity for senior adults. She was the author of numerous research and professional publications. Dr. Lindsey authored or coauthored more than 20 books, including Fitness for Life, which received the Text and Academic Authors Association's Texty Award, and Concepts of Physical Fitness, which received their McGuffey Award for excellence over a long period.

Table of Contents

Unit I. Getting Started

Chapter 1. Fitness and Wellness for All
Chapter 2. Safe and Smart Physical Activity
Chapter 3. Benefits of Physical Activity

Unit II. Becoming and Staying Physically Active
Chapter 4. How Much Is Enough?
Chapter 5. Learning Self-Management Skills
Chapter 6. Lifestyle Physical Activity and Positive Attitudes

Unit III. Physical Activity Pyramid: Level 2 Activities

Chapter 7. Cardiovascular Fitness
Chapter 8. Active Aerobics and Recreation
Chapter 9. Active Sports and Skill-Related Physical Fitness

Unit IV. Physical Activity Pyramid: Level 3 Activities

Chapter 10. Flexibility
Chapter 11. Muscle Fitness: Basic Principles and Strength
Chapter 12. Muscle Fitness: Muscular Endurance and General Muscle Fitness Information

Unit V. Healthy Choices

Chapter 13. Body Composition
Chapter 14. Choosing Nutritious Food
Chapter 15. Making Consumer Choices

Unit VI. Wellness and Personal Program Planning

Chapter 16. A Wellness Perspective
Chapter 17. Stress Management
Chapter 18. Personal Program Planning
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