Alton L. Thygerson - Fit to Be Well

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Thygerson, Alton L., author. | Thygerson, Steven M., author. | Thygerson, Justin S., author.

Title: Fit to be well : essential concepts / Alton L. Thygerson, Steven M. Thygerson, Justin S. Thygerson.

Description: Sixth edition. | Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021010886 | ISBN 9781284228397 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Health. | Physical fitness.

Classification: LCC RA776.T539 2022 | DDC 613dc23

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The purpose of this text is, first, to introduce you to the extraordinary world of physical fitness and second, to change your life.

In a time of high-tech advances, we have lost sight of the fact that the greatest high-tech invention of all time is the human body. What happens to our bodies as we move through life is the result of our lifestyle.

As priceless as good health is, it is freely available to us if we live the right way. The child does not have to be taught to play, but the adult must learn how to exercise. As we age and our lives become busier, we lose that childhood instinct to run and jump, to skip, and to walk briskly. But it is movement in assorted styles and speeds on a regular basis that is critical in maintaining the high-tech machinery of our bodies.