ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health 2nd Edition
$24.95 USD
Here is the ultimate resource for maximizing your exercise and nutrition efforts. In this new edition of ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, you have an authoritative reference that allows you to apply research-based guidance to your unique health and fitness needs. With a focus across the life span, this resource shows you how to pursue optimal health and fitness now and throughout the years to come. The American College of Sports Medicine, the largest and most respected sport science and medicine organization in the world, has created this book to bridge the gap between science and the practice of making personal lifestyle choices that promote health. This new edition contains age-specific advice within the framework of the latest research, thus helping you to avoid the lure of fads, unfounded myths, and misinformation.
You will learn these strategies:
• Incorporate the latest guidelines for physical activity and nutrition into your daily routine to improve your fitness and overall health.
• Optimize your weight and increase strength, flexibility, aerobic fitness, and functional fitness.
• Improve health and manage conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, depression, osteoporosis, arthritis, pregnancy, and Alzheimer’s disease through exercise and nutrition.
• Monitor, evaluate, and tailor your exercise program for optimal results.
Featuring step-by-step instructions and full-color photos for the most effective exercises, sample workouts, practical advice, age-specific physical activity and dietary guidelines, and strategies for incorporating exercise and healthy nutrition choices into even the busiest of lifestyles, ACSM’s Complete Guide to Fitness & Health is a resource that belongs in every fitness enthusiast’s library.
Part I Fit, Active, and Healthy
Chapter 1 Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Physical Activity and Nutrition
Barbara A. Bushman
Chapter 2 Embracing Physical Activity: A Complete Exercise Program
Barbara A. Bushman
Chapter 3 Balancing Nutrition: Recommended Dietary Guidelines
Stella Lucia Volpe and Joseph R. Stanzione
Chapter 4 Promoting Healthy Habits: Getting Started and Staying Motivated
Barbara A. Bushman
Part II Exercise and Activity for Building a Better You
Chapter 5 Improving Your Aerobic Fitness
Barbara A. Bushman
Chapter 6 Enhancing Your Muscular Fitness
Avery D. Faigenbaum
Chapter 7 Increasing Your Flexibility
Jan Schroeder and Michelle Kulovitz Alencar
Chapter 8 Sharpening Your Functional Fitness
Nicholas H. Evans
Part III Fitness and Health for Every Age
Chapter 9 Children and Adolescents: Birth to Age 17
Don W. Morgan
Chapter 10 Adults: Ages 18 to 64
Barbara A. Bushman
Chapter 11 Older Adults: Ages 65 and Older
Robert S. Mazzeo
Part IV Fitness and Health for Every Body
Chapter 12 Cardiovascular Health
Shannon Lennon-Edwards and William B. Farquhar
Chapter 13 Diabetes
Sheri R. Colberg
Chapter 14 Cancer
Kathryn H. Schmitz
Chapter 15 Alzheimer’s Disease
Brad A. Roy and Linda Fredenberg
Chapter 16 Osteoporosis and Bone Health
Kara A. Witzke and Kerri M. Winters-Stone
Chapter 17 Arthritis and Joint Health
A. Lynn Millar
Chapter 18 Weight Management
Laura J. Kruskall
Chapter 19 Pregnancy and Postpartum
Lanay M. Mudd and Jean M. Kerver
Chapter 20 Depression
Heather Chambliss and Tracy L. Greer
"ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness and Health is a must-read book for anyone who desires to live a long and healthy life. Written by experts from the prestigious American College of Sports Medicine, this book offers practical and proven advice on staying active and eating right."
Robert Sallis, MD, FACSM -- Co-Director of Sports Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Fontana CA
“ACSM’s Complete Guide to Fitness and Health helps you find your path to lifelong health. Backed by the latest research, this book will help you make informed, everyday decisions about eating right and being active. Learn from leading experts how individual choices today can add up to a lifetime of good health.”
Walt Thompson, PhD-- President, American College of Sports Medicine (2017-2018), Regents’ Professor and Associate Dean, College of Education and Human Development, Georgia State University
“The American College of Sports Medicine is the world’s authority on physical activity, fitness, and health. In this volume, leading experts provide up-to-date guidance on adoption of an active, fit, and healthy lifestyle.”
Russell R. Pate, PhD-- Professor of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
Health and Fitness Benefits of Aerobic Activity
Lower Body Stretches for Pregnancy
Nutrition and overall health
Instructor Guide. To help students better understand the role of physical activity, exercise, and a balanced approach to nutrition in promoting health and fitness, this instructor guide provides lecture-related resources that can be easily applied to a typical 16-week semester framework. The various aids for each chapter typically include: chapter objectives, chapter summary, ideas for lecture topics and discussion points, and suggested additional student web resources.
Test Package. For each chapter in the book, a corresponding test is included. The tests are made up of true or false, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions to test students on their retention of chapter content. Download Respondus or RTF files or files formatted for LMS use.
Image bank. Includes most of the figures, tables, and photos from the text, sorted by chapter, which can be used in developing a customized presentation based on specific course requirements.
Lab activities. Includes assessments, exercises, and discussions to enhance students’ understanding of chapter content. There are two activities offered per chapter.
These lab activities cover topics such as:
- Completing assessments for aerobic, muscular endurance, flexibility, and neuromotor fitness and comparing results to normative tables
- Completing assessments, activities, and quizzes from the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, and the American Cancer Society
- Reviewing the FAQ from the National Institute of Mental Health about depression and college students and discuss treatment options and the potential influence of exercise on depression