Course guidebook includes lecture outline, exercises, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. Course no. 1960. Special features: Warm-up routine, Cooldown demo, Muscle man 3-D, Juggling demo, Tai Chi demo, FAQ, Video glossary. Great Courses Taught by: Dean Hodgkin, University of Portsmouth
Contents:
Disc 6. Stretching routine. How fit are you? ; Overcome the barriers to exercise ; Your heart in action ; The fitness of breathing ; you can reduce stress -- Disc 2. Fitness and pregnancy ; Refuel, recover, and reenergize ; Thinking: the brain-body connection ; Healthy joints for life ; Protecting yourself from injury ; The amazing benefits of balance -- Disc 3. Fueling fitness ; Why everyone should exercise in water ; The secret life of muscles ; Strong to the bone ; Getting your back on track ; 21st-century yoga -- Disc 4. Walk your way to fitness ; The amazing benefits of stretching ; Stay active: defy the aging process ; Sitting disease ; Exercise for weight loss ; Mobilizers and stabilizers: managing your abs -- Disc 5. Body weight workout ; Medicine ball workout ; Step and interval workout ; Dumbbell workout ; Combat workout ; Fitness ball workout -- Disc 6. Balance board workout ; Kettlebell workout ; Plyometrics workout ; Resistance band workout ; Training bar workout ; Stretching routine.
Summary:
"This course is designed to equip you with a basic understanding of how your body works and to enable you to set and meet your own health and fitness goals..."--Guidebook p. 1".
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