Getting Firm

Getting Firm
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1987
Genre: Exercise
ISBN: 9780705407090

Full Life Fitness

Full Life Fitness
Author: Janie Clark
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1992
Genre: Condition physique
ISBN: 9780873223911

>Full Life Fitness> will help older adults enjoy the benefits of physical exercise while avoiding the fatigue and overexertion associated with many exercise plans. By following exercise physiologist Janie Clark's >Full Life> program, readers will be able to:- improve the health of their hearts,- discover bottomless stores of energy,- lose weight,- tone up, and- help protect themselves from osteoporosis and other health problems.>Full Life Fitness> focuses on the special needs of older adults by featuring only low-stress and no-stress exercises. All of the exercises are designed to help avoid pulled muscles, undue soreness, overtaxed joints, and excess fatigue. The author also tells how to adjust an exercise program for special conditions such as arthritis, osteoporosis, and others.While the >Full Life> program is for mature adults, it allows for individual differences. For example, a 45-year-old who has been sedentary for 20 years has different exercise needs than a healthy 80-year-old who has taken care to remain physically fit and active. The Full Life program is designed to help mature adults at all fitness levels find the fitness program that's right for them!Full Life Fitness covers four major categories of exercise:- Aerobics- Muscle conditioning- Stretching- Water workoutsReaders will learn the benefits of these four exercise types as well as how to match physical fitness goals with the right exercises for achieving them. The book also features complete instructions and informative illustrations for a wide variety of exercises in each of the four categories. And it includes specific recommendations on which exercises readers should be doing, how long, and how often.Readers will also learn how to use the exercises to put together their own complete exercise program. Or they can choose from the ready-to-use 3-day, 4-day, 5-day, and 30-day plans.>Full Life Fitness> emphasizes that fun is also an important part of any physical fitness program. Janie Clark's enthusiasm is contagious--her upbeat, energetic style will help anyone maintain a commitment! The book is filled with tips to help readers increase the satisfaction they get from exercise. Plus, an entire chapter is devoted to the important topics of maintaining interest and motivation.The program in >Full Life Fitness> will help readers take charge of their personal fitness and reap the many benefits of an active life!

Staying Flexible

Staying Flexible
Author: Charles L. Mee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2005
Genre: Exercise
ISBN: 9781844471652

Fitness for Life

Fitness for Life
Author: Charles B. Corbin
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2007
Genre: Exercise
ISBN: 9780736065115

Grade level: 6, 7, 8, 9, e, i, s, t.

Exercise Programming for Older Adults

Exercise Programming for Older Adults
Author: Janie Clark
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2014-05-12
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 113590846X

The exercise programming guidelines provided in this book focus on functional fitness training and safety and demonstrate how physical activities supervised by activities personnel can strongly benefit participants’quality of life. Exercise Programming for Older Adults guarantees that exercise programming attains a balance between the three major physical components--aerobic, strength, and flexibility training--and that each component is properly administered. The techniques and applications described are geared toward those with prevalent conditions of aging such as arthritis, osteoporosis, joint replacement, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This essential handbook arms the reader with a multidisciplinary approach to exercise management for elderly populations. The chapter authors are experts from the fields of fitness instruction, nursing, physical therapy, medicine, research, and exercise physiology. As they address the theory and practice of providing sound exercise programming, specific exercises are described and illustrated, with emphasis on functional fitness outcomes, safety precautions, fall prevention, and practical adaptations for low-fit and physically limited participants. Chapter discussions include: aerobic exercise strength training flexibility training the administration of mild posture and breathing exercises for debilitated individuals with poor prognoses positioning and transfer techniques essential for optimal activities management of neurologically impaired patients warm water exercise programs designed for persons with low tolerance of conventional training methods Exercise Programming for Older Adults serves as a vital resource for activity coordinators in long-term care settings and for group fitness instructors and personal trainers who serve older adult and frail elderly clientele. Readers will discover alternative techniques and applications for maximizing the physical and mental therapeutic benefits of exercise and developing the functional fitness of even the most physically challenged participants.

Dai Manuel's Whole Life Fitness Manifesto

Dai Manuel's Whole Life Fitness Manifesto
Author: Dai Manuel
Publisher: LifeTree Media
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2015-12-31
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1928055087

Lifestyle mentor and fitness coach Dai Manuel’s Whole Life Fitness Manifesto is a new kind of fitness book. It’s not just about physical health but whole-life fitness that blends mindfulness and personal development with equipment-free workouts. This sustainable lifestyle extends beyond the book, allowing Whole-Lifers to connect with like-minded people in a supportive online community. The Whole Life Fitness Manifesto provides the tools you need to create a “FUN-ctionally fit” lifestyle at any age or level of ability, in 30 minutes a day. The Whole Life Fitness Power 30 program consists of: 15-minute equipment-free workouts that you can do anywhere Worksheets and diary pages to help you track your progress Photo-illustrated breakdown of more than 30 exercises Mindfulness and meditation tips Customizable workout plans Expert nutritional advice Personal development prompts An opportunity to access a thriving online community – join the tribe! Learn how to re-program your body, make better choices, release excess weight, and become stronger, healthier and happier for the rest of your life. Join the thousands of men and women whose lives have been transformed by Dai’s Whole Life Fitness Power 30 program, and let their success stories inspire you.

Strength for Life

Strength for Life
Author: Shawn Phillips
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2008-08-05
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0345513487

Shawn Phillips is an internationally respected strength and fitness expert who has helped athletes, celebrities, and tens of thousands of others over the past twenty years. Now he’s sharing his fresh approach to fitness with everyone. Strength for Life is an easy-to-implement program to help you get in fantastic shape, enjoy abundant energy, and maintain a lean, strong physique–not just for 12 weeks but for the rest of your life. Let’s face it, with the demands of family, work, and life, many of us simply don’t have the time to stick to a rigorous workout schedule. Through his own life experience, Shawn Phillips has recognized this challenge and risen to it, literally reinventing fitness with a results-oriented program that you can embrace even with your hectic schedule and do either at home or at the gym. Homing in on the idea of building mental and physical strength rather than just sculpting your body, Shawn has pioneered a technique called Focus Intensity Training ™ (FIT), which uses the mind-body connection to yield incredible results. The program features • a workout plan that can take as little as 35 minutes a day, 3 times a week • illustrated exercises with clear step-by-step instructions • 3 workout phases–a 12-day Base Camp pre-training period, a 12-week Transformation Camp, and a year-round continuation plan geared to keep you going strong and vibrant for the rest of your life • a simple eating plan to fuel your body for optimum energy and performance–one that will free you from dieting forever • goal-setting exercises to help you achieve lasting motivation and reach your loftiest visions It’s never too late to get in shape. If you’re in your twenties or thirties, Strength for Life will show you how to achieve peak levels of fitness year after year. For those forty and beyond, you can look forward to recapturing the energy and vitality you thought you had lost. By following Strength for Life, you will make yourself stronger, leaner, sharper, and more confident. As Shawn writes: “Strength is about being more, doing more, giving more. It’s not just surviving; it’s thriving. And most important, strength is about having a reserve, a deeper, fuller capacity of body, mind, heart, and soul.”

Fitness for Life Manual

Fitness for Life Manual
Author: Matt Roberts
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2011-10
Genre: Physical fitness
ISBN: 9781405392426

Change your body forever with exercise and nutrition programmes that work The Fitness For Life Manual by fitness guru and trainer to the stars, Matt Roberts, provides over 100 exercises, with step by step photographs in stunning locations. Includes 20 goal-driven fitness programmes for every circumstance from pre-ski holiday exercises to fitness during pregnancy, each supported by a balanced diet plan. Features real-life case studies with before, during and after pictures. The Fitness for Life Manual is the perfect fitness reference book and one that you can turn to again and again for sound advice on how to stay fit and healthy for life.

Fitness for Life

Fitness for Life
Author: Charles B. Corbin
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0736087184

A program that focuses attention on schoolwide wellness during four weeks of the school year. Helps schools incorporate coordinated activities that will enable them to meet national standards and guidelines for physical activity and nutrition.