Fit And Well

With content targeted specifically toward the college-age population, Fitness and Wellness: A Way of Life With HKPropel Access presents evidence-based physical and mental health guidance to point students toward healthy choices that will develop into healthy lifestyles. Authors Carol K. Armbruster, Ellen M. Evans, and Catherine M. Laughlin have more than 80 years of combined health and wellness professional experience, the majority of which has focused on the college population. This enables them to present the material in a contemporary manner that is easily relatable and understood by students. Relevant information on topics such as cardiovascular exercise, strength training, stretching, nutrition, weight management, stress management, substance abuse and addiction, and sexual health will start students on the path to developing a healthy mind and body, which can lead to a better quality of life. Additionally, because Fitness and Wellness: A Way of Life emphasizes behavior modification to develop desired habits, students are armed with the tools they need to make healthy lifestyle changes—for both the present and future: Related online learning tools delivered through HKPropel offer 48 video clips and practical learning activities to provide real-life context to the material Behavior Check sidebars help students integrate health and wellness concepts into their daily lives Now and Later sidebars encourage students to consider how their actions today will affect them in the future The Functional Movement Training section shows exercises to strengthen specific muscles and explains their importance for common activities Infographics, evidence-based tables, and figures illustrate and reinforce key concepts so they are easy to understand The online activities in HKPropel offer students the unique opportunity to engage directly with the content and practice the exercises and strategies presented. In addition to the 48 exercises demonstrating proper exercise technique, lab activities for each chapter will guide students in completing individual assessments, setting goals, and identifying the pros and cons of modifying their behavior. The labs may be assigned by instructors and tracked within HKPropel, and chapter quizzes (assessments) that are automatically graded may also be assigned to gauge student comprehension of the content. The primary goal of Fitness and Wellness: A Way of Life is to provide a personal, evidence-based tool to help students embrace living well. They will learn how to make healthy choices and positive behavior changes to lead and sustain healthier, happier, and more productive lives, now and in the future. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is not included with this ebook but may be purchased separately.

The fifth edition of Fit to Be Well: Essential Concepts provides students with the tools they need to reach the goal of good health and fitness by delving into exercise, proper nutrition, and stress management. Its content is organized in a succinct, easy-to-navigate manner that allows students to become more aware of each aspect of a physically fit lifestyle. Using a wealth of special features and online learning tools, the text encourages students to improve their eating habits by incorporating healthier foods into their diet, increasing their level of physical activity, keeping their body composition and weight at a healthy level, increasing their self-esteem, and reducing stress. An integrated lab manual, found at the end of the text, helps students build and implement a fitness program that will work with their individual needs and schedules.

Finding an approach to fitness and wellness that's right for you is the first step in building a healthy lifestyle. This new edition of Concepts of Fitness and Wellness will help you develop self-management skills to use in taking charge of your health. All the information you need to know-about exercise, nutrition, cardiovascular fitness, stress, and more-is organized around brief concepts that highlight what's most important. The lab activities, a key part of your learning experience, make it easy to apply these concepts to your daily life.

Making informed choices is the Fahey difference.The text provides comprehensive advice on wellness-related behaviour and practicing a healthier way of life, coverage of health-related fitness and nutrition. Fahey is the only Canadian text to provide comprehensive advice on making informed choices about food and integrating behaviour change throughout the text.

Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness can help you incorporate fitness and wellness into your daily life. It provides accurate, up-to-date coverage of the components of health-related fitness, as well as indepth discussion of other key wellness topics. Book jacket.

Food & Fitness After 50 wellness experts share steps for getting started on a healthy fitness routine, eating plans, weight management techniques, tips for better sleep, and a breakdown of myths around aging and nutrition.

With the release of Fit Fuel: A Chef?s Guide to Eating Well, Getting Fit and Living Your Best Life, Robert Irvine, translates his tough love tactics from the restaurant owner to the every day man and woman.Developed from the lifetime of training and nutritional knowledge of Chef Irvine, with support from distinguished fitness writer Matt Tuthill, Fit Fuel is designed to inspire the countless individuals who find themselves struggling to find the motivation to reach their personal health and fitness goals. The book is segmented into three distinct sections, the first of which examines the mental aspect of goal setting, habit forming and long-term maintenance. Here, Chef Irvine provides encouraging, digestible ideas of how to change the way we see and think about food, our selves, and our own unlimited potential. Just as he?s done in season after season of Restaurant Impossible, Chef Irvine provides readers with the same no-excuses encouragement and mental coaching in Fit Fuel, motivating with tools, resources and inspiration every step of the way.The second section of the book focuses on training, with an easy-to-follow plan, demonstrated through A and B photography and well-defined techniques that the 49-year-old British Royal Navy veteran considers fundamental to his own lean and muscular physique. In its final section, Fit Fuel goes on to reveal recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, all illustrated with realistic photography and step-by-step instructions. Few dishes or main ingredients are overlooked, despite their unmerited reputations as ?no-no? foods. From pancakes to salads, beef to fish, Chef Irvine challenges the idea of good vs. bad as it pertains to the everyday diet, even sharing a handful of recipes to satisfy sweet tooth and emphasize the fact that healthy eating does not require deprivation.