Anybody's Guide to Total Fitness

Anybody's Guide to Total Fitness, eleventh edition, by Len Kravitz combines the most up-to-date scientific and practical information for establishing an optimal health, fitness and wellness lifestyle.

The text offers instruction on how to customize exercise programs for high intensity interval training, indoor cycling, aerobic kickboxing, circuit training, biomotor functional exercise conditioning, boot camp training, barefoot running and aquatic workouts.

The book comes with a behavioral modification planner and assessment supplement that promotes positive, self-directed goal attainment. The eleventh edition of Anybody's Guide to Total Fitness:Incorporates the American College of Sport's Medicine newest guidelines for health, weight management and physical activity. Includes new sections on high-intensity interval training (HIIT), muscle soreness, recovery from exercise, the health benefits of exercise, type 2 diabetes, hydrating during and after exercise, a balanced eating plan, and energy balance. Provides the best guidance on posture, sleep, stress, wellness, energy balance, spontaneous physical activity and the physiology of exercise. Explains modern-day research on how muscles grow, and low-fat versus low-carbohydrate diets. Expands on nutrient timing for optimal performance and unravels the stress/cortisol/obesity puzzle. Presents the newest research on weight management success and weight regain prevention. Features over 125 biomechanically correct exercise photographs. Offers credible and insightful answers to 125 frequently asked questions about fitness, health and cardiac protection. Introduces an all-inclusive list of internet sources on fitness,health, wellness, aging, disease, fitness organizations and much more. Comes with a unique motivational student profile guide that helps students develop and assess their health and fitness progress.