physical fitness

Presents a series of stretching exercises for core and full-body strength, increased flexibility, and weight loss.

"[This book] will teach you how your body works, what nutrients matter and which don't, and how to eat healthy foods while avoiding the wrong ones. You'll discover how to enjoy eating tasty meals and snacks without having to worry about packing on the pounds, and learn how to tell the difference between an effective diet plan and one that causes temporary weight loss yet long-term weight gain. In short, you'll learn how to make your life as happy, healthy, and energetic as it is meant to be by giving your body what it needs to help you reach your full potential"--Back cover.

"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.

"If you want to move well, become strong, and retain a balanced physique, you need to train the core. As such, people toss around the term "core training" for all types of workouts. But what does it truly involve? . . . We'll answer that question and more, illuminating the benefits of training this critical section of the body"--Provided by publisher.