Get Fit, Stay Well!

by Janet L. Hopson, Rebecca J. Donatelle

Get Fit, Stay Well! offers one of the most modern, reader-focused, flexible, and technology-enhanced approaches to fitness and wellness available today. It is the only fitness and wellness book to employ integrated student-case-studies throughout each chapter. It presents a thoroughly fresh art and photo program featuring strength training photos depicting real, contemporary students, modern-day equipment, and options for those with limited access to equipment. A unique three-pronged (skill acquisition, self-assessment, and plan-for-action) approach to labs helps readers bridge the gap between what they know they ought to do and how they actually act. Making Personal Wellness Choices, Understanding Fitness Principles, Committing to Fitness, Conditioning Your Cardiorespiratory System, Building Muscular Strength and Endurance, Maintaining Flexibility and Lower-Back Health, Understanding Body Composition, Improving Your Nutrition, Managing Your Weight, Managing Stress, Reducing Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. Intended for those interested in learning the basics of fitness and wellness.

496 pages, Paperback

First published November 5, 2008

Reviews

[Shannon]

I learned that exercising and eating healthy is important for a person's overall health and well being. Get the fuck out of here with your crazy ass nonsense!

[Chip]

This was a textbook for a college course I took on Lifetime Health and Wellness. This is a very easy and thorough book on the topic.

[John Walker]

I think a lot of it is too obvious for a college book, but I look around and see our college students and think... It isn't obvious enough. Not this books fault really, but I believe students rise to the level of expectation. If the expectation is low, well the students don't rise.

[Keegan Palmore]

Banger. The book I wish I read in college.

[Amber]

Textbook for a class, good for class