Fitness Illustrated
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Fitness Illustrated is a visual, straightforward approach to core fitness concepts, exercise programming, nutrition, and weight management. Photos, illustrations, and explanations depict how a body changes through aerobic and strength training so you can customize routines to maximize benefits and address specific needs and goals. Library Journal If one were to judge by the title and cover art, Sharkey's (Fitness & Health) latest book might be one of those fitness tracts heavy on anatomical illustrations, of which Pat Manocchia's Anatomy of Exercise is a good example. Though it does include a few such illustrations, this is rather more a narrative-driven guide to the concepts behind aerobic and muscular fitness, nutrition and weight control, and vitality and longevity, teeming with large color photographs, case studies, exercise tips, health assessments, training programs, and annotated illustrations of everything from the ideal running shoe to the characteristics of slow-twitch vs. fast-twitch fibers. A four-page "Energy Expenditure Chart" estimating the number of calories burned per minute for every imaginable activity rounds out the work. VERDICT Beginners of all ages and fitness levels are sure to appreciate this shallow-end-of-the-pool approach to improving one's health, whose gentle but comprehensive guidance and instruction will equip them to venture, at their own pace, into the deep end.—Raya Kuzyk, Library Journal
Chapter 1. Activity and Fitness: Why Get Fit? Chapter 2. Understanding Aerobic Fitness: O2 and You Chapter 3. Aerobic Fitness Training: A Gentle Pastime Chapter 4. Aerobic Programs: Have It Your Way Chapter 5. Muscular Fitness: Strength and Endurance Chapter 6. Muscular Fitness Training: Shape Yourself Chapter 7. Muscular Programs: Designed for You Chapter 8. Nutrition and Weight Control: Eat to Live Chapter 9. Health Issues and Exercise Tips: Overcoming Hurdles Chapter 10. Fitness Facts and Fallacies: What’s the Truth? Chapter 11. Vitality and Longevity: Add Life to Your Years
