ACSM - ACSMs Complete Guide to Fitness & Health

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ACSMs complete guide to fitness & health / Barbara Bushman, editor.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-9337-8 (soft cover)
ISBN-10: 0-7360-9337-0 (soft cover)
1. Exercise. 2. Physical fitness. 3. Health. I. Bushman, Barbara Ann. II. American College of Sports Medicine.
RA781.A194 2011
613.71--dc22
2011006563

ISBN-10: 0-7360-9337-0 (print)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-9337-8 (print)

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To Tobin, my wonderful husband, best friend, faithful exercise partner,
and true inspiration. Without your constant and unwavering
encouragement, support, love, and understanding,
I could not have completed this project.

B.B.

chapter 1 Meeting and Exceeding the Physical Activity Guidelines
Barbara Bushman

chapter 2 Assessing Personal Fitness
Christopher Berger

chapter 3 ACSMs Program for Balanced Fitness
Barbara Bushman

chapter 4 Nutrition for Better Health and Fitness
Stella Lucia Volpe

chapter 5 Adopting and Maintaining Healthy Habits
Marcus Kilpatrick

chapter 6 Aerobic Activity
Barbara Bushman

chapter 7 Resistance Training
Avery Faigenbaum

chapter 8 Flexibility and Balance
Jan Schroeder and Shawn H. Dolan

chapter 9 Children and Adolescents: Up to Age 17
Don W. Morgan and Barbara Bushman

chapter 10 Adults: Ages 18 to 64
Barbara Bushman

chapter 11 Older Adults: Ages 65 and Older
Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko and Andiara Schwingel

chapter 12 Cardiovascular and Heart Health
Barry A. Franklin, Amy Fowler, and Lucy Sternburgh

chapter 13 Weight Management
Laura Kruskall

chapter 14 Diabetes
Gregory A. Ledger, Anthony Giglio, and Barbara Bushman

chapter 15 High Blood Pressure
William B. Farquhar

chapter 16 High Cholesterol
J. Larry Durstine and Keith Burns

chapter 17 Arthritis and Joint Pain