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Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This highly engaging landmark work, a natural history of exercise--by the author of the best seller The Story of the Human Body--seeks to answer a fundamental question: were you born to run or rest? The first three parts of Exercised roughly follow the evolutionary story of human physical activity and inactivity, even as each chapter shatters a particular myth about exercise. Because we cannot understand physical activity without understanding its...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Aging, despite its dismal reputation, is actually one of the great mysteries of the universe. Why don't we just reproduce, then exit fast, like salmon? Could aging just be one big evolutionary accident? Is senescence, the gradual falling apart of our bodies, at least partially avoidable? Can we extend the healthy lifespan and reduce the lingering, debilitating effects of senescence?
Publisher
Elsevier
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Exercise-Based Interventions for People with Mental Illness: A Clinical Guide to Physical Activity as Part of Treatment provides clinicians with detailed, practical strategies for developing, implementing and evaluating physical activity-based interventions for people with mental illness. The book covers exercise strategies specifically tailored for common mental illnesses, such as depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and more. Each chapter...
5) Exercise
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Text and color photos explain why exercise is important and show several ways kids can exercise and have fun, too.
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books U.S.), Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"[This book] features a comprehensive range of exercises for the whole body, along with detailed anatomical drawings to show exactly which muscles are being worked during each exercise. Whether you are interested in improving your sporting performance or toning specific parts of your body, this format allows you to target your exercise routines to achieve the desired results. To help you formulate an all-round routine, the book also includes workout...
9) Practical guide to exercise physiology: the science of exercise training and performance nutrition
Author
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Practical Guide to Exercise Physiology: The Science of Exercise Training and Performance Nutrition, 2nd Edition takes an application-based approach in describing intricate physiological processes. The text is complemented by medical and infographic-like artwork to illustrate complex systems. These systems are then applied to real-world practice and training principles to help clients achieve the desired results. Pedagogical aids support students,...
11) Exercise is fun!
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Explains the benefits of physical activity and presents a series of exercises that can be done by individuals or in a group.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Exercise is our modern obsession, and we have the fancy workout gear and fads from HIIT to spin classes to hot yoga to prove it. Exercise-a form of physical activity distinct from sports, play, or athletics-was an ancient obsession, too, but as a chapter in human history, it's been largely overlooked. In Sweat, Bill Hayes runs, jogs, swims, spins, walks, bikes, boxes, lifts, sweats, and downward-dogs his way through the origins of different forms...
Author
Publisher
Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
" ... Integrates nutrition and exercise physiology principles, emphasizing scientific reasoning and examining research studies to illuminate the evidence for current nutritional recommendations. In addition, the text helps you translate these nutrition recommendations to specific plans for the appropriate amount and type of foods, beverages, and/or supplements to support training, performance, and recovery." --
18) Trust exercise
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In 1982 in a southern city, David and Sarah, two freshmen at a highly competitive performing arts high school, thrive alongside their school peers in a rarified bubble, ambitiously devoting themselves to their studies--to music, to movement, to Shakespeare and, particularly, to classes taught by the magnetic acting teacher Mr. Kingsley. It is here in these halls that David and Sarah fall innocently and powerfully into first love. And also where, as...
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