Title:
Advanced fitness assessment & exercise prescription / Vivian H. Heyward. Advanced fitness assessment and exercise prescription.
Advanced fitness assessment and exercise prescription. Advanced fitness assessment and exercise prescription.
Author:
Heyward, Vivian H.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical activity, health, and hypokinetic diseases -- Preliminary health screening and risk classification -- Principles of assessment, prescription, and exercise program adherence -- Assessing cardiorespiratory fitness -- Designing cardiorespiratory exercise programs -- Assessing strength and muscular endurance -- Designing resistance training programs -- Assessing body composition -- Designing weight management and body composition programs -- Assessing flexibility and designing stretching programs -- Assessing and managing stress -- Appendix A : health and fitness appraisal -- Appendix B : cardiorespiratory assessments -- Appendix C : muscular fitness exercises and norms -- Appendix D : body composition assessments -- Appendix E : energy intake and expenditure -- Appendix F : flexibility and low back care exercises -- Appendix G : stress assessment.
Publisher:
Human Kinetics,
Publication Place:
Champaign, IL :
ISBN:
0880114835
Subject:
Physical fitness -- Testing.
Exercise tests.
Health.
Physical Fitness.
Exercise Test.
Health.
Exercise tests.
Physical fitness -- Testing.
Edition:
3rd ed.
Contents:
Physical activity, health, and hypokinetic diseases -- Preliminary health screening and risk classification -- Principles of assessment, prescription, and exercise program adherence -- Assessing cardiorespiratory fitness -- Designing cardiorespiratory exercise programs -- Assessing strength and muscular endurance -- Designing resistance training programs -- Assessing body composition -- Designing weight management and body composition programs -- Assessing flexibility and designing stretching programs -- Assessing and managing stress -- Appendix A : health and fitness appraisal -- Appendix B : cardiorespiratory assessments -- Appendix C : muscular fitness exercises and norms -- Appendix D : body composition assessments -- Appendix E : energy intake and expenditure -- Appendix F : flexibility and low back care exercises -- Appendix G : stress assessment.
Physical Description:
xii, 322 p. : ill. (some col.) ;
Publication Date:
c1998.
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