physical fitness

"This title takes a look at the importance of keeping active and eating a balanced diet. It also offers helpful suggestions on how to make healthy lifestyle changes"--Google Books.

A collection of twenty-seven true stories that details the experiences of teenagers dealing with issues concerning diet, exercise, and stress.

"This book will introduce you to many different kinds of things you can do to increase your physical activity. It also has advice about safe exercising, stress management, and how to adjust your diet to improve your physical performance"--Back cover.

"Physical activity is essential for the health and well-being of, well, everyone! Young people especially need to make exercise a permanent part of their everyday life. This . . . book mirrors the different fun ways that readers can move. . . . Readers are reminded they can hop and skip like frogs and kangaroos, climb and balance like monkeys, and more!"--Amazon.

"Introduces the importance of staying active to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.

". . . graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a [humorous] chronicle of fitness fads in our times"--Provided by publisher.

"In the magic realm, magic is everything--everyone can use it, and one's skill determines their social status. Deep in the forest, oblivious to the ways of the world, lives Mash. Thanks to his daily training, he's become a fitness god. When Mash is discovered, he has no choice but to enroll in magic school, where he must beat the competition without revealing his secret--he can't use magic! Mash just wants to live in peace with his father in the forest. But the only way he'll ever be accepted in the magic realm is by attending magic school and becoming a Divine Visionary--an exceptional student revered as one the chosen. But without an ounce of magic to his name, Mash will have to punch his way to the top spot"--Back cover.

"Fitness, nutrition, and health all exist in a similar space. They all impact the human body, and being vigilant about all three is generally considered to be good for you. Is there a difference between being healthy and being fit? How does nutrition play a role in all of it? Let's attempt to answer these questions"-cProvided by publisher.

"Endurance training refers to prolonged, sustained exercise that's almost entirely aerobic. By relying on oxygen use for energy, low- to medium-intensity aerobic exercise can be kept up for long periods-hence the name "endurance." There isn't an exact upper limit on how long humans can endure exercise. Eventually, fatigue will set in, depending on intensity, fitness level, access to fuel, and willpower"--Provided by publisher.

"When considering the term 'fitness,' the first things that probably come to your mind are activities like going to the gym, maintaining a healthy body weight, and drinking plenty of water. All of these variables are, without a doubt, integral parts of what it means to be fit. . . . While being 'fit' on a physical basis is one of most effective ways to ensure maximum quality of life and will be discussed in great detail throughout this book, there is another side to fitness that has seemingly taken a back seat to the obesity epidemic. This no-less-important variable in what constitutes overall fitness is mental health, and things are not looking so good in this area either"--Provided by publisher.