This work is designed as a textbook for middle school students, as well as a reference for PE teachers. It is a specific middle school version of the secondary school PE textbook, "Fitness for Life". It helps prepare students to live physically active lives, providing a foundation for lifelong health and fitness. Sections cover aerobics, active sports, recreation, flexibility, muscle fitness, body composition and energy balance. Activities get students involved in physical activity and reinforce concepts presented in the book. It includes over 100 full-colour photos and illustrations.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 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. Dolly D. Lambdin, EdD, is a senior lecturer in the department of kinesiology and health education at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches undergraduate courses in children's movement and methods of teaching as well as graduate courses in analyysis of teaching and technology application in physical education. Guy C. Le Masurier, PhD , is a professor of physical education at Malaspina University College, British Columbia, Canada. He has published numerous articles related to youth physical activity and physical education and coauthored the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) Physical Activity Guidelines for Children. Dr. Le Masurier has given more than 30 research and professional presentations at national and regional meetings. He reviews research for numerous professional journals and has contributed to Fitness for Life, Fifth Edition , and the Physical Best Activity Guide. Dr. Le Masurier is a member of AAHPERD, NASPE, ACSM, and Canadian AHPERD.

This book has the following chapters: Part I. Physical Fitness and Activity for All; Part II. Aerobics, Sports, Recreation and Flexibility Exercises; Part III. Muscle Fitness, Body Composition and Planning.