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You know the importance of good health, but not sure how to achieve it? How do you maintain health through the years as your body and lifestyle change? Do you introduce obstacles to physical activity and good nutrition? And do these questions sound familiar? In "ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health", you will find the answers and much, much more. This book features step-by-step instructions and full-colour photos for the most effective exercises, sample workouts and practical advice. It includes age-specific physical activity guidelines and even strategies for incorporating exercise into even the busiest of lifestyles. "ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health" is a resource that belongs in every family's library.
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With 35,000 members, the American College of Sports Medicine is the largest and most-respected sports medicine and exercise science organisation in the world. Founded in 1954, the ACSM works to promote and integrate scientific research, education and practical applications of sports medicine and exercise science to maintain and enhance physical performance, fitness, health and quality of life for people worldwide.
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Format:Paperback
This is a superb book. As it says it is 'the only exercise guide you'll ever need". Every fitness professional should own one and every health professional have access to a copy. But more importantly it is the 'bible' for anyone who wants to get fit and stay fit - easy to read and understand with excellent pictures.
John is a physician, personal trainer and fitness instructor and a Nordic Walking Instructor
John is a physician, personal trainer and fitness instructor and a Nordic Walking Instructor
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Great Resource for all people interested in fitness
13 July 2011
Format:Paperback
This well-written and well-edited book has the most up-to-date and useful information for both lay and professional audiences. It has reliable information about fitness, wellness, and exercise and diet programs for healthy people and people with special needs. Through out the book is woven the very clever and useful concept of finding out your Fitness ID- your own unique health and skill-related identity incorporating the core concepts in this book: physical activity, nutrition, and overall wellness. In clearly illustrated text with many useful case histories, the authors show how to plan programs for diet, resistance and aerobic training, and practical tips for people of all ages and all conditions. As a practicing sports medicine physician, I wish I had this book many years ago as it is a user-friendly guide to exercise prescription for all ages, activity levels and every body. The sections on fitness for people with medical conditions is superb and has the best authors in their respective fields (Laura Kruskall on weight management, Larry Durstine and Ketih Burns on High Cholesterol). There are many useful tables (for example, the sample cross-training program at a Health Club) and the photographs show proper form for many types of exercises and stretching for people of different ages and situations. Published by the leader in the field (Human Kinetics), edited by Barbara Bushman PhD, (one of the top program directors and exercise specialists in the country) and endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine, this is one of the best books out there and should be a foundation for any sports and fitness library.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
complete fitness guide
24 Jun 2011
Format:Paperback
Dr. Barbara Bushman is one of the leading experts in translating hard core scientific data into something understandable AND usable by those who are trying to exercise the right way. This book is the "complete" guide to exercising safely and effectively. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to start an exercise program or for those who want to step it up a bit. Dr. Bushman has recruited some of the world's leading authorities for this book - a MUST read for anyone interested in exercise or prescribing exercise. Don't be left behind, go buy the book and use it!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Great book - Complete Guide to Fitness and Health
29 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback
I highly recommend the Complete Guide to Fitness and Health by Dr. Barbara Bushman. A quick overview of the table of contents gives a very good indication of the wealth of information that it contains.
This book does what the title says: it provides a *complete guide*. It is written in a style that both the exercise professional and the lay reader/recreational exerciser can read and understand. It is written clearly and numerous examples and pictures are provided. As an exercise professional, this is a book that will be on my shelf and be used as a primary reference book. It will be a book that I recommend to my students and colleagues as a "must-have". I will also recommend it to the non-exercise professional, as an excellent reference book for them. It is not often that one book can serve both audiences, but this one does.
The Complete Guide is divided into four major sections. Following is a summary.
Part I - Fit, Active and Healthy
This section gives a good overview of fitness and health. Information is given on assessing your initial fitness level and determining if an exercise program can be begun safely. Various examples and tests are given regarding this, including assessment of heart rate, body mass index, and various aerobic, strength and flexibility tests. In addition to detailed textual information, many pictures, tables and calculation examples are also provided to make this information as clear as possible. This is a great preparatory section.
Part II - Exercise and Activity for Building a Better You
Following the information regarding initial fitness level, the book goes into detail on specifics of designing a personal fitness training program. Detailed information is given on aerobic activity, including mode, frequency, intensity, duration, and home vs. fitness center programs. In the resistance training section there is information regarding the number of repetitions, number of sets, amount of weight, number of days/week, etc. In addition, there are numerous pictures showing how to correctly do many resistance exercises. A person new to resistance training often is very uncertain what exercises should be done, what muscles to focus on, and the correct form of doing them. A weight room can be very intimidating to a new exerciser and this section helps alleviate that. Similarly in the flexibility section, there are numerous examples and pictures helping a person to develop a good stretching program.
Part III - Fitness and Health for Every Age
This section provides guidelines for exercise across the lifespan - childhood to older adults. One exercise program does not fit all. Children have some unique needs as do senior adults. Therefore having thorough information about exercise for different ages, all in one section, is very helpful.
Part IV - Fitness and Health for Every Body
This section begins with a discussion on heart health and weight management. These are major factors affecting our country right now and this section is very practical. Following this, there are a number of special populations addressed, including diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, pregnancy and osteoporosis. These groups have some special needs to be considered and this is done very well in this book.
In conclusion, Dr. Barbara Bushman has done an excellent job of writing and editing a tremendous amount of useful information and putting it into one source. This book gives current, credible information and is written by a qualified expert within the field. Go buy this book and get started on improving your fitness and health.
This book does what the title says: it provides a *complete guide*. It is written in a style that both the exercise professional and the lay reader/recreational exerciser can read and understand. It is written clearly and numerous examples and pictures are provided. As an exercise professional, this is a book that will be on my shelf and be used as a primary reference book. It will be a book that I recommend to my students and colleagues as a "must-have". I will also recommend it to the non-exercise professional, as an excellent reference book for them. It is not often that one book can serve both audiences, but this one does.
The Complete Guide is divided into four major sections. Following is a summary.
Part I - Fit, Active and Healthy
This section gives a good overview of fitness and health. Information is given on assessing your initial fitness level and determining if an exercise program can be begun safely. Various examples and tests are given regarding this, including assessment of heart rate, body mass index, and various aerobic, strength and flexibility tests. In addition to detailed textual information, many pictures, tables and calculation examples are also provided to make this information as clear as possible. This is a great preparatory section.
Part II - Exercise and Activity for Building a Better You
Following the information regarding initial fitness level, the book goes into detail on specifics of designing a personal fitness training program. Detailed information is given on aerobic activity, including mode, frequency, intensity, duration, and home vs. fitness center programs. In the resistance training section there is information regarding the number of repetitions, number of sets, amount of weight, number of days/week, etc. In addition, there are numerous pictures showing how to correctly do many resistance exercises. A person new to resistance training often is very uncertain what exercises should be done, what muscles to focus on, and the correct form of doing them. A weight room can be very intimidating to a new exerciser and this section helps alleviate that. Similarly in the flexibility section, there are numerous examples and pictures helping a person to develop a good stretching program.
Part III - Fitness and Health for Every Age
This section provides guidelines for exercise across the lifespan - childhood to older adults. One exercise program does not fit all. Children have some unique needs as do senior adults. Therefore having thorough information about exercise for different ages, all in one section, is very helpful.
Part IV - Fitness and Health for Every Body
This section begins with a discussion on heart health and weight management. These are major factors affecting our country right now and this section is very practical. Following this, there are a number of special populations addressed, including diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, pregnancy and osteoporosis. These groups have some special needs to be considered and this is done very well in this book.
In conclusion, Dr. Barbara Bushman has done an excellent job of writing and editing a tremendous amount of useful information and putting it into one source. This book gives current, credible information and is written by a qualified expert within the field. Go buy this book and get started on improving your fitness and health.
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