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| About the book |
This brief, user-friendly text is designed for students with little or no background in developing a personal fitness program. Topics covered in Get Fit, Stay Fit include principles of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, limiting body fat, and nutrition. Key points have been emphasized to explain why certain aspects of physical fitness should be important to individuals, and how to become an informed consumer of physical fitness equipment and services. |
| Key features |
Instructor benefit: Instructors don't have to do much outside work to prepare for class. In what areas do you find your current book is out-of-date? How long does it take you to develop and implement labs and fitness applications? |
| About the author |
Dr. William Prentice is Professor of Exercise and Sport Science and Coordinator of the Sports Medicine Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also serves as the Director of the NATA approved Graduate Athletic Training Education Program. He received his BS and MS from the University of Delaware and his Ph.D. in Sports Medicine and Applied Physiology from the University of Virginia. He also has a BS in Physical Therapy from the University of North Carolina. He is a Certified Member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and has received the Sayers A. "Bud" Miller Distinguished Athletic Trainer Educator Award and the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from the NATA. In 2004 he was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame. Dr. Prentice served as the Athletic Trainer for the Women's Soccer Program, which has won eighteen NCAA National Championships. He teaches graduate courses in sports medicine and athletic training. Dr. Prentice is the author of nine best-selling texts in athletic training, sports medicine, and health-related fitness. |
| Table of contents |
1: Getting Fit: Why Should You Care? 2: Creating A Healthy Lifestyle 3: Starting Your Own Fitness Program 4: Developing Cardiorespiratory Fitness 5: Improving Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Power 6: Increasing Flexibility Through Stretching 7: Limiting Your Body Fat Through Diet and Exercise 8: Eating Right 9: Practicing Safe Fitness 10: Becoming A Wise Consumer Epilogue: Now Do You See Why You Should Care About Getting Fit? Appendix A: Dietary Reference Intakes: Recommended Levels for Individual Intake from the Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine?National Academy of Sciences Appendix B: Food Composition Table LABS Lab Activity 1-1: Importance of Physical Fitness Lab Activity 1-2: Daily Fitness Schedule Lab Activity 2-1: Your Personal Stress Inventory Lab Activity 2-2: Health Style: A Self-Test Lab Activity 3-1: Medical History Questionnaire Lab Activity 3-2: Planning for a Physical Activity Program Lab Activity 4-1: Calculating Target Heart Rate Lab Activity 4-2: The Rockport Fitness Walking Test Lab Activity 4-3: Cooper?s 12-Minute Walking/Running Test Lab Activity 5-1: Push-Ups Lab Activity 5-2: Bent-Knee Sit-Ups Lab Activity 5-3: Muscular Endurance Test Lab Activity 6-1: Trunk Flexion Lab Activity 6-2: Trunk Extension Lab Activity 6-3: Shoulder Lift Test Lab Activity 7-1: Nutritional Knowledge Survey Lab Activity 7-2: Assessing Your Nutritional Habits Lab Activity 7-3: 7-Day Diet Analysis Lab Activity 8-1: Calculating Body Mass Index (BMI) Lab Activity 8-2: Calculating Percent Body Fat Using Skinfold Measurements Lab Activity 8-3: Determining Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) Lab Activity 8-4: Calculating Caloric Expenditure Lab Activity 8-5: Calculating Caloric Intake Lab Activity 8-6: Worksheet for Estimating Caloric Balance |
