Self-directed activities are outlined to students to help them develop the self-management skills they need to create their own personal fitness programmes to stay active throughout their lives. Fitness activities in every chapter illustrate key points in the lessons and there are guidelines to help students set individual goals for fitness and physical activity. There are opportunities for all students to build confidence in their abilities and experience success throughout the text.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Human Kinetics Publishers .

Corbin has authored more than 200 professional and research publications and more than 30 books, including Concepts of Physical Fitness, tenth edition (a college text that received the prestigious McGuffey Award) as well as Fitness for Life, fourth edition, which received the Text and Academic Authors Association Texty Award. Ruth Lindsey, PED, is 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.

This book has the following chapters: Fitness and wellness for all; safe and smart physical activity; how much is enough?; getting started in physical activity; benefits of physical activity; cardiovascular fitness; physical activity and fat control; muscular endurance; strength; flexibility; skills and skill-related physical fitness; activities for health-related fitness; making consumer choices; personal program planning; fitness and your future; a wellness perspective; choosing nutritious food; managing stress.