Fitness for Life provides teachers and students with the most comprehensive and current evidence- and standards-based content available to help students to become physically literate and to be physically active throughout their lives. The seventh edition of this Texty Award–winning text is based on established education theory and follows a pedagogically sound scope and sequence to enhance learning and help students take responsibility for their own activity, fitness, health, and wellness.

New to This Edition
Fitness for Life is more than a fitness education program—it’s a conceptual physical education (CPE) program that addresses all national physical education standards. New features include the following:

• Fully updated content includes new videos, photos, and ancillaries.
• Universal design principles provide accessibility for all students.
• Reorganized chapters enhance content flow.
• New emphasis is placed on physical literacy and health literacy.
• There is expanded coverage of social-emotional learning.
• A modular approach and a comprehensive teacher’s guide support different schedules and remote learning, in-class learning, and blended approaches.
• A new delivery platform, HKPropel, allows teachers to assign worksheets and projects, check on student progress, receive reports, and automatically scores tests.
• An online teacher training course, free to adopters of the student text, includes a test for those who want to earn a certificate of completion.

Student and Teacher Resources
Fitness for Life comes with an array of resources, including a print text and ebook with web resource, an interactive web text, and teacher ancillaries.

The student text offers 21 chapters in seven units. Chapters include lesson objectives, vocabulary words, muscle art, and self-assessments. Other special features in the book include Tech Trends, Fit Facts, Science in Action, Academic Connection, Taking Action activities, and Consumer Corner.

To assist students using the print book or ebook, the Fitness for Life, Seventh Edition, Web Resource features easy access to material referenced in the text, including vocabulary terms with English and Spanish definitions and audio pronunciations, worksheets, and chapter reviews.

Fitness for Life, Seventh Edition, is also available as an interactive web text, which students can access from a computer, tablet, or mobile device. The student interactive web textbook contains the same content as the print book but uses interactive audio, video, worksheets, and other great activities to help students engage with the material and enhance learning. The interactive web textbook offers audio vocabulary and definitions in English and Spanish. Introductory videos at the beginning of each lesson help students assess their knowledge going in, while videos at the end of each lesson help students put what they’ve learned into context.

Enduring Features of This Iconic Text

• Meets SHAPE America’s latest grade-level standards and outcomes
• Employs Dr. Corbin’s iconic HELP philosophy and Stairway to Lifetime Fitness, Health, and Wellness approach
• Helps students become informed consumers about physical activity and fitness
• Helps develop students’ self-management skills
• Separates fitness facts from fiction

With its updated content and its new online training course, delivery platform, and ancillaries, Fitness for Life, Seventh Edition, is ideally suited to instruction in a gym, outdoors, in a classroom, entirely online, or in a blended approach.

Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with all new print books.

Unit I: Building a Foundation

Chapter 1. Fitness, Health, and Wellness for All
Lesson 1.1 Lifelong Fitness, Health, and Wellness
Self-Assessment: Physical Fitness Challenges
Lesson 1.2 Developing Health and Physical Literacy
Taking Charge: Communication
Self-Management: Skills for Effective Communication
Taking Action: The Warm-Up
Chapter Review

Chapter 2. Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyles for All
Lesson 2.1 Adopting Healthy Lifestyles
Self-Assessment: Practicing Physical Fitness Tests
Lesson 2.2 Learning Self-Management Skills
Taking Charge: Self-Assessment
Self-Management: Skills for Self-Assessment
Taking Action: Fitness Trails
Chapter Review

Chapter 3. Goal Setting and Program Planning
Lesson 3.1 Goal Setting
Self-Assessment: Assessing Muscle Fitness
Lesson 3.2 Program Planning
Taking Charge: Setting Goals
Self-Management: Skills for Setting Goals
Taking Action: Exercise Circuits
Chapter Review

Unit II: Safe and Smart Health-Enhancing Physical Activity

Chapter 4. Safe and Smart Physical Activity
Lesson 4.1 Readiness for Physical Activity
Self-Assessment: Body Composition and Flexibility
Lesson 4.2 Safe and Injury-Free Physical Activity
Taking Charge: Overcoming Barriers
Self-Management: Skills for Overcoming Barriers
Taking Action: Safe Exercise Circuit
Chapter Review

Chapter 5. Social, Health, and Wellness Benefits of Physical Activity
Lesson 5.1 Benefits of Social Interactions in Physical Activity
Self-Assessment: Modifying Rules in Games
Lesson 5.2 Health and Wellness Benefits of Physical Activity
Taking Charge: Conflict Resolution
Self-Management: Skills for Conflict Resolution
Taking Action: Team Building
Chapter Review

Chapter 6. How Much Is Enough?
Lesson 6.1 How Much Physical Activity Is Enough?
Self-Assessment: PACER and Trunk Lift
Lesson 6.2 How Much Fitness Is Enough?
Taking Charge: Learning to Self-Monitor
Self-Management: Skills for Self-Monitoring
Taking Action: Physical Activity Pyramid Circuit
Chapter Review

Unit III: Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity

Chapter 7. Moderate Physical Activity and Avoiding Sedentary Living
Lesson 7.1 Moderate Physical Activity Facts
Self-Assessment: Walking Test
Lesson 7.2 Preparing a Moderate Physical Activity Plan
Taking Charge: Learning to Manage Time
Self-Management: Skills for Managing Time
Taking Action: Performing Your Moderate Physical Activity Plan
Chapter Review

Chapter 8. Cardiorespiratory Endurance
Lesson 8.1 Cardiorespiratory Endurance Facts
Self-Assessment: Step Test and One-Mile Run Test
Lesson 8.2 Building Cardiorespiratory Endurance
Taking Charge: Self-Confidence
Self-Management: Skills for Building Self-Confidence
Taking Action: Target Heart Rate Workouts
Chapter Review

Chapter 9. Vigorous Physical Activity
Lesson 9.1 Vigorous Aerobics, Sports, and Recreation
Self-Assessment: Assessing Jogging Techniques
Lesson 9.2 Anaerobic Activities, Mixed Fitness Activities, and Vigorous Activity Planning
Taking Charge: Improving Performance Skills
Self-Management: Skills for Improving Performance
Taking Action: Performing Your Vigorous Physical Activity Plan
Chapter Review

Unit IV. Muscle Fitness and Flexibility

Chapter 10. Muscle Fitness Basics
Lesson 10.1 Muscle Fitness Facts
Self-Assessment: Muscle Fitness Testing
Lesson 10.2 Building Muscle Fitness
Taking Charge: Preventing Relapse
Self-Management: Skills for Preventing Relapse
Taking Action: Resistance Machine Exercises
Chapter Review

Chapter 11. Muscle Fitness Applications
Lesson 11.1 Core Fitness, Posture, and Back Care
Self-Assessment: Healthy Back Test
Lesson 11.2 Muscle Fitness Exercise Planning and Ergogenic Aids
Taking Charge: Finding Social Support
Self-Management: Skills for Finding Social Support
Taking Action: Performing Your Muscle Fitness Exercise Plan
Chapter Review

Chapter 12. Flexibility
Lesson 12.1 Flexibility Facts
Self-Assessment: Arm, Leg, and Trunk Flexibility
Lesson 12.2 Preparing a Flexibility Exercise Plan
Taking Charge: Building Knowledge and Understanding
Self-Management: Skills for Building Knowledge and Understanding
Taking Action: Performing Your Flexibility Exercise Plan
Chapter Review

Unit V: Skills and Skill-Related Fitness, Body Composition, and Program Planning

Chapter 13. Skill-Related Fitness, Skills, Tactics, and Strategy
Lesson 13.1 Skill-Related Physical Fitness and Skills
Self-Assessment: Assessing Skill-Related Physical Fitness
Lesson 13.2 Strategy and Tactics
Taking Charge: Developing Tactics
Self-Management: Skills for Developing Tactics
Taking Action: Skill Learning Experiment
Chapter Review

Chapter 14. Body Composition and Energy Balance
Lesson 14.1 Body Composition Facts
Self-Assessment: Body Measurements
Lesson 14.2 Energy Balance
Taking Charge: Improving Physical Self-Perception
Self-Management: Skills for Improving Physical Self-Perception
Taking Action: Elastic Band Workout
Chapter Review

Chapter 15. Planning and Maintaining Active Lifestyles
Lesson 15.1 Preparing a Comprehensive Physical Activity Plan
Self-Assessment: Your Personal Fitness Test Battery
Lesson 15.2 Maintaining Active Lifestyles
Taking Charge: Changing Attitudes
Self-Management: Skills for Building Positive Attitudes
Taking Action: Performing Your Physical Activity Plan
Chapter Review

Unit VI: Living Well: Making Healthy Choices

Chapter 16. Choosing Nutritious Food
Lesson 16.1 A Healthy Diet
Self-Assessment: Energy Balance
Lesson 16.2 Making Healthy Food Choices
Taking Charge: Saying No
Self-Management: Skills for Saying No
Taking Action: Burn It Up Workout
Chapter Review

Chapter 17. Stress Management
Lesson 17.1 Facts About Stress
Self-Assessment: Identifying Signs of Stress
Lesson 17.2 Managing Stress
Taking Charge: Managing Competitive Stress
Self-Management: Skills for Managing Competitive Stress
Taking Action: Performing Relaxation Exercises
Chapter Review

Chapter 18. Making Healthy Choices and Planning for Health and Wellness
Lesson 18.1 Lifestyle Choices for Fitness, Health, and Wellness
Self-Assessment: Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire
Lesson 18.2 Healthy Lifestyle Planning
Taking Charge: Thinking Success
Self-Management: Skills for Thinking Success
Taking Action: Your Healthy Lifestyle Plan
Chapter Review

Unit VII: Moving Through Life

Chapter 19. Making Good Consumer Choices
Lesson 19.1 Health and Fitness Quackery
Self-Assessment: Assessing Your Posture
Lesson 19.2 Evaluating Health Clubs, Equipment, Media, and Internet Materials
Taking Charge: Learning to Think Critically
Self-Management: Skills for Thinking Critically
Taking Action: Your Health and Fitness Club
Chapter Review

Chapter 20. The Science of Active Living
Lesson 20.1 Moving Your Body
Self-Assessment: Analyzing Basic Skills
Lesson 20.2 Moving Implements and Objects
Taking Charge: Positive Self-Talk
Self-Management: Skills for Positive Self-Talk
Taking Action: Applying Principles
Chapter Review

Chapter 21. Taking Advantage of Opportunities
Lesson 21.1 Active Living Opportunities
Self-Assessment: Opportunities for Physical Activity Participation Questionnaire
Lesson 21.2 Physical Education and Career Opportunities
Taking Charge: Choosing Good Activities
Self-Management: Skills for Choosing Good Activities
Taking Action: Taking Advantage of Opportunities
Chapter Review

Charles B. (“Chuck”) Corbin, PhD, is a professor emeritus in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University. He has published more than 200 journal articles and has authored or coauthored more than 100 books, including Fitness for Life, Fitness for Life: Middle School, Fitness for Life: Elementary School, and Concepts of Fitness and Wellness, all of which earned the Text and Academic Authors Association’s Texty award for excellence demonstrated over time. Dr. Corbin is internationally recognized as an expert in physical activity, health, and wellness promotion and youth physical fitness. He has presented keynote addresses at more than 40 state conventions, made major addresses in more than 15 countries, and presented numerous named lectures. He is a past president and emeritus fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology; a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE), and the North American Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Professionals; and an honorary fellow of SHAPE America. His awards include the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Healthy American Fitness Leaders Award from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition (PCSFN); the Luther Halsey Gulick Award, Physical Fitness Council Honor Award, Margie R. Hanson Award, and Scholar Award from SHAPE America; and the Hetherington Award, the highest honor of the National Academy of Kinesiology. He received distinguished alumnus awards from the University of New Mexico and the University of Illinois. He was selected to the SHAPE America Hall of Fame. He served for more than 20 years as a member of the advisory board of FitnessGram and was the first chair of the science board of PCFSN.

Darla M. Castelli, PhD, is a professor in the department of kinesiology and health education at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work examines the effects of physical activity and metabolic risk factors on cognitive health. Dr. Castelli strives to understand how physical activity can reverse the effects of health risk. She has been working with school-age youth in physical activity settings for more than 25 years, leading several physical activity interventions (e.g., Kinetic Kidz, FITKids1, FITKids2, Active + Healthy = Forever Fit, and Fitness 4 Everyone). Dr. Castelli has received teaching awards in both the public school setting (e.g., Maine Physical Education Teacher of the Year) and in higher education (e.g., University of Illinois Teaching Excellence Award and University of Texas at Austin Kinesiology and Health Education Graduate Teaching Award). She is an active fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology. As a fellow in the SHAPE America Research Council and a past Young Scholar Award recipient from the National Association for Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education (NAKPEHE) and the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AEISEP), her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the American Dietetic Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education. She has presented her work at U.S. Congress and Senate briefings in Washington, D.C., in support of the FIT Kids Act. Dr. Castelli has been a member of two Institute of Medicine committees, one on fitness measures and health outcomes in youth physical activity and one on physical education in the school environment. She received a BS from Plymouth State University, an MS from Northern Illinois University, and a PhD from the University of South Carolina.

Benjamin A. Sibley, PhD, is a professor in the department of recreation management and physical education at Appalachian State University. Dr. Sibley received a BS in exercise science from Wake Forest University, an MAT in physical education from the University of South Carolina, and a PhD in sport and exercise psychology from Arizona State University. He is designated as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) by NSCA, is certified as a CrossFit Trainer (CF-L3), and has served as a NASPE Physical Best Instructor. He has been a member of SHAPE America since 2003, currently serves on the SHAPE America Professional Preparation Council, and has served on the editorial board for the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (JOPERD). Dr. Sibley has published and presented numerous papers on physical activity among children and adults, in particular addressing motivation for physical activity and the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance. In his leisure time, Dr. Sibley enjoys exercising, outdoor activities, cooking, and spending time with his wife and two children.

Guy C. Le Masurier, PhD, is a professor of sport, health, and physical education at Vancouver Island University in British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Le Masurier has published numerous articles related to youth physical activity and physical education, and he has given more than 50 research and professional presentations at national and regional meetings. He is the lead author of Fitness for Life Canada and coauthor of Fitness for Life, Seventh Edition; Health Opportunities Through Physical Education; Fitness for Life: Middle School; and Fitness for Life: Elementary School. Dr. Le Masurier has served as an editorial board member for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport and the International Journal of Physical Education, and he reviews research for numerous professional journals. Dr. Le Masurier is a research fellow of SHAPE America. He serves his island community as a volunteer firefighter and loves to grow vegetables.

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All you need to easily implement Fitness for Life, Seventh Edition!

An extensive Teacher Pack of resources is available to teachers and school systems that adopt the student text. Extensive resources for use by teachers are customizable to best suit your context and your students. Chapters can be assigned via HKPropel* and student progress can be tracked to see at a glance whether the chapter is not started, in progress, or completed. Resources include:

The Teacher Pack interfaces easily with the student textbook. The student textbook has 21 chapters that contain two lessons per chapter (42 lessons total). The teacher’s guide has detailed lesson plans for all 42 lessons in the student textbook. These lesson plans can be delivered to students in a classroom setting and are supported by the following resources:

• PowerPoint presentations for every classroom lesson
• Student worksheets and note-taking guides for every classroom lesson
• Student quizzes for every classroom lesson
• Self-assessments and activity lessons
• Chapter tests for all 21 student textbook chapters
• Unit tests for all 7 units
• An online test bank that allows you to create your own chapter tests, unit tests, or course exams
• Teen interview videos that promote class discussion (available to teachers and students on the Web Resource)
• Video clips demonstrating all the self-assessment exercises (available to teachers and students on the FFL7e Web Resource)
• Video clips demonstrating all the exercises in chapters 10, 11, 12, and 17 (available to teachers and students on the FFL7e Web Resource

In addition to the 42 classroom lesson plans that reinforce the content from the student textbook, the TG provides an additional three activity lesson plans for each chapter of the student textbook. These activity lesson plans reinforce the chapter content, include a student self-assessment activity, and provide an opportunity for students to develop their physical fitness. The activity lesson plans are supported by the following resources:

• Activity cards with instructions and pictures for student use
• Student worksheets for recording self-assessment scores and logging physical activity

All 105 detailed lesson plans (42 classroom lesson plans and 63 activity lesson plans) and the associated resources are completely modifiable. Furthermore, all of the 105 detailed lesson plans in the TG provide you with a number of pedagogical features that will support your high-quality physical education program:

• Ideas for connecting with teachers and staff in your school to enrich students’ experiences
• Universal design for learning (UDL) considerations to help make your content and activities accessible to all students
• Ideas for integrating technology
• Ideas for assessing and evaluating students
• Take It Home activities that encourage students to use their knowledge and skills outside school
• Supplemental learning activities that you can use to reinforce course concepts, like Taking Charge, where students consider a case and provide guidance for an individual’s decision making.

*HKPropel is a digital content delivery and learning platform. It can be integrated with any learning management system that supports Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) 1.3 and provides LTI Advantage services such as Assignment and Grade Services and Deep Linking.

Choose the format that works best for your students.

The interactive web text combines the textbook with the features available in the student web resource in one convenient place. Embedding the digital elements within the text provides exceptional engagement designed to enhance the learning experience of students.

Pop-up definitions throughout the text, audio pronunciations for vocabulary terms in English and Spanish, worksheets, and chapter reviews engage students directly in the chapter context. Additionally, videos are readily accessible and demonstrate self-assessments and exercises for different parts of fitness within the context of the chapter. Similarly, student interview videos are integrated within the interactive web text and can be used as prompts for student discussions and reflection.

The interactive web text in HKPropel* is a powerful, unparalleled tool that students can access from a computer, tablet, or mobile device.

*HKPropel is a digital content delivery and learning platform. It can be integrated with any learning management system that supports Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) 1.3 and provides LTI Advantage services such as Assignment and Grade Services and Deep Linking.

All student-facing resources are available in Spanish. This includes a complete, unabridged Spanish version of the ebook or interactive web text as well as worksheets, tests, quizzes, and PowerPoint presentations used for classroom lectures.

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