physical fitness for children

Activities organized around holiday/ school themes for elementary students includes description, goals, safety factors, and reproducible awards.

Explains how to build strength programs for children and teenagers, showing how to do several strength exercises using free weights and weight machines, and matching effective exercises with specific sports.

Explains how weight training contributes to fitness; talks about toning vs. building muscle, proper nutrition, supplements, and setting up a program; describes how to lift and gives examples of basic excercises.

Explains in simple language the importance of regular physical activity.

Explains what it means to be active, discusses why it is important for kids to be active at least sixty minutes a day, and looks at various ways to get moving.

Contains a collection of fun ideas and activities, quizzes, and fitness tests to keeping fit and provides lessons on staying flexible and being active, stretching exercises, and firming up muscles.

Offers parents practical advice on how to help their teenage children make healthy eating and nutrition choices and develop a healthy sense of self-esteem in today's weight-obsessed world.

Offers children suggestions on how to get in shape to prepare for the baseball season, describing a simple workout plan and practice tips designed to help kids become faster, stronger, and smarter players.

Illustrations and simple text help children learn about the importance of exercise and physical fitness.

Discusses the benefits of being fit and provides directions for easy-to-do activities to increase strength, endurance, and flexibility while having fun.