| Description |
1 online resource (2. volumes (xviii, 1042 pages)) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Adventure racing -- Aerobic training -- Age and exercise -- Aging athlete -- Alzheimer's disease -- Amenorrhea -- Amino acid metabolism -- Anabolic steroids and anabolic steroid use -- Anaerobic exercise -- Arm exercises -- Arthritis -- Asthma -- Athlete's foot -- Athletic heart syndrome -- Back exercises -- Balance training -- Ballet-barre -- Baseball -- Basketball -- Bellydancing -- Bicycling -- Bikram yoga -- Biochemistry of exercise -- Blisters -- Blood pressure and exercise -- Body composition tests -- Body mass index -- Bodybuilding -- Bone health -- Boot camp -- Boxing -- Bursitis -- Calcium status and exercise -- Calf exercises -- Calisthenics -- Calories -- Carbohydrate metabolism in exercise -- Carbohydrate replacement during exercise -- Carbohydrates -- Cardiac rehabilitation -- Cardiorespiratory fitness tests -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cardiovascular system -- Chest exercises -- Cholesterol -- Chronic disease prevention -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Circuit training -- Cold therapy -- Concentric training -- Concurrent training -- Concussion -- Core training -- Cricket -- Crossfit -- Dance -- Dehydration -- Delayed onset muscle soreness -- Diabetes and exercise -- Diabetes mellitus -- Digestive system -- Disease prevention and exercise -- Dumbbells -- Eating disorders -- Eccentric training -- Elliptical trainer -- Endocrine system -- Endurance training -- Energy drinks -- Energy expenditure -- Epinephrine -- Ergogenic aids -- Eurofit -- Exercise -- Exercise-induced anaphylaxis -- Exercise-induced oxidative stress and antioxidants -- Exercise intensity training methods -- Exercise, nutrition, and health -- Exercise and physical inactivity -- Exercise-related asthma -- Exercising at home -- Exergaming -- Fat burning -- Fatigue -- Fats -- Female triad -- Fencing -- Field hockey -- Fitness apps -- Flexibility tests -- Foam rollers -- Foot health -- Football -- Fracture -- Functional training -- Gastrointestinal function and exercise -- Golf -- Gymnastics -- Hamstring exercises -- Hand-eye coordination -- Handball -- Hatha yoga -- Healthy lives, healthy people -- Healthy people 2000 & 2010 -- Heart rate monitor -- Heat exhaustion -- Heat therapy -- Heatstroke -- Hip and thigh exercises -- History of fitness -- Hula hooping -- Hydration -- Hypertension -- Hyperthermia therapy -- Hyponatremia -- Ice hockey -- Immune system -- Immunity and the effects of exercise and nutrition -- Indoor cycling class -- Inline skating -- Integumentary system -- Interval training -- Iron status and exercise -- Ironman -- Isometric training -- Iyengar yoga -- Jumping rope -- Kettleball -- Kickboxing -- Kidney disease and exercise -- Kinesiology -- Lacrosse -- Lactate threshold training -- Leg exercises -- Low back pain -- Lower body exercises -- Lymphatic system -- |
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Marathon and half marathon -- Martial arts -- Maximum oxygen uptake -- Men's fitness -- Mental health and exercise -- Metabolic equivalent of tasks -- Metabolism and energy -- Military fitness tests -- Mindful eating -- Moderate vs -- Vigorous intensity training -- Muscle cramp -- Muscle hypertrophy -- Muscle pain -- Muscle strain -- Muscle toning -- Muscular strength and endurance tests -- Muscular system -- Nerve entrapment -- Nervous system, autonomic -- Nervous system, somatic -- Nutrition supplements -- Nutrition timing -- Obesity -- Ocean sports -- Olympics -- Orthotics -- Osteoporosis -- Overhydration -- Overtraining -- Overuse injury -- Paddleboarding -- Paraplegic and quadriplegic athletes -- Patellofemoral syndrome -- Pedometer -- Performance-enhancing drugs -- Periodization -- Peripheral arterial disease -- Personal training -- Pilates -- Plantar fasciitis -- Power yoga -- Pre-participation screening -- Prenatal exercise -- President's challenge -- Protein -- Protein metabolism and exercise -- Qigong -- Quadricep exercises -- Racquetball -- Recess and unstructured play -- Rehydration and recovery after exercise -- Reproductive system, female -- Reproductive system, male -- Respiratory system -- Rock climbing -- Rotator cuff injury -- Rowing -- Rugby -- Running -- Senior fitness -- Senior fitness testing -- Shoulder stability -- Sitting -- Skateboarding -- Skeletal system -- Sling training -- Snowboarding -- Soccer -- Softball -- Sports nutrition -- Squash -- Stability training -- Stationary bicycle -- Step aerobics -- Stretching -- Sudden cardiac death related to exercise or sport -- Sunburn -- Swimming -- Table tennis -- Tae kwon do -- T'ai chi -- Target heart rate -- Tendinitis -- Tennis -- Thermal injuries -- Track and field -- Treadmill -- U --S -- President's Council on Fitness, sports, & nutrition -- Upper body exercises -- Urinary system -- Vinyasa yoga -- Volleyball -- Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio -- Walking -- Warm-up and cool down -- Water exercise -- Water intoxication -- Weight loss -- Weightlifting -- Winter sports -- Women's fitness -- Workplace and fitness -- Wrestling -- Yoga -- Youth sports -- Zumba. |
| Summary |
Covers topics on physiology and fitness, including coverage of Healthy People 2010/2020, the nationwide initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve the nation's health, as well as topics on diseases and conditions related to fitness. |
| Subject |
Aerobic exercises.
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Physical fitness.
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Health.
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| Added Author |
Longe, Jacqueline L., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Added Title |
Encyclopedia of fitness |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gale encyclopedia of fitness. Detroit : Gale, Cengage Learning, c2012 9781414490168 (DLC) 2012001472 |
| ISBN |
9781414490199 (electronic book) |
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1414490194 (electronic book) |
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9781414490168 (hardback) |
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9781414490175 (vol. 1) |
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9781414490182 (vol. 2) |
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141449016X (set) |
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1414490178 (vol. 1) |
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1414490186 (vol. 2) |
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