Total Fitness

* Provides highly current Weblinks to expose students to health and fitness news and research from the World Wide Web. * Offers completely revised end-of-chapter laboratory exercises, allowing for more efficient use of lab time. * Provides a foundation in exercise physiology so that fitness programs can be planned, modified, and executed. * A Closer Look boxes give the reader insight into special topics, and Nutritional Links to Fitness boxes create a nutritional theme that connects fitness and nutritional concepts. * Lab exercises allow students to apply textual information to a practical problem, encouraging the immediate development of a core fitness plan. * Encourages hands on classes at the beginning of the school term. * Each chapter contains learning objectives, chapter outline, key terms, end of the chapter study questions and summaries, and references to ensure mastery of the material.