Urge exercise for fitness, not only for weight loss.
CHICAGO -- Primary care physicians are well positioned to help reverse the trends of physical inactivity and obesity in all age groups, according to fitness authorities at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. It's imperative that physicians motivate their patients to engage...

Sports, Exercise, and Fitness: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources.
GV704 2004-063835 1-56308-819-3 Sports, exercise, and fitness; a guide to reference and information sources. Allen, Mary Beth. (Reference sources in the social sciences series) Libraries Unlimited, [c]2005 287 p. $68.00 Just in time...

Zapping cares and calories with Zumba; Exercise craze combines fitness and fun.
Byline: Nancy Sheehan Are you ready to Zumba? If your New Year's resolution is to keep your annual winter waistline expansion under control, then you might want to try the toe-tapping exercise craze that is sweeping the nation. Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance...

Analysis of a videotaped lesson from an exercise physiology perspective: physical educators can infuse fitness concepts, teach exercise science, and increase activity in their lessons all at the same time.
Public school physical education in the United States can be considered to be at a critical point in its history. On the one hand, critics have charged, with some justification, that students should be developing reasonable fitness levels and mastering certain fundamental movement skills to a greater extent than...

Health clubs offering more than just exercise machines; Nutrition, personalized programs and motivation part of the modern fitness center.
Byline: Ken Cleveland Fitness clubs are no longer just racks of weights. Although classic free weights are part of many workout programs, today's fitness centers offer a variety of equipment to challenge every muscle without necessarily going for the body-builder look. Those looking for better...

Exercise isn't just fitness - it's medicine.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Chad May For The Register-Guard As members of the Lane Community College Professional Fitness Training Program Community Advisory Committee, the American College of Sports Medicine and the professional health and fitness community, we are committed to encouraging physical activity for the health benefits...

Women need daily exercise routine. (Fitness).
The television infomercials make it look easy for women to get into shape fairly quickly, but such programs aren't realistic, maintains Michelle Kowalski of the Ball State University Human Performance Lab, Muncie, Ind. Few such exercise regimens take into account the challenging daily routines most females face, including looking...

Prevention Practice: A Physical Therapist's Guide to Health, Fitness, and Wellness.
Prevention Practice: A Physical Therapist's Guide to Health, Fitness, and Wellness Thompson CR, ed. Thorofare, NJ 08086, Slack Inc, 2007, hardcover, 296 pp, ISBN: 978-1-55642-61 7-9, $47.95. Holistic and preventive approaches to healthy living are important aspects of health care and maintenance. This book combines...

Lees, Terri (2007). Water Fun: 116 Fitness and Swimming Activities for all Ages (with Water Fun DVD).
Lees, Terri (2007). Water Fun: 116 Fitness and Swimming Activities for all Ages (with Water Fun DVD). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers (PO Box 5076, 61825; [800] 747-4457, FAX [217] 351-1549; website www. HumanKinetics.com; ISBN 10-0-7360-6378-1; paperback, 175 pg; $49.95 plus S/H USA UPS $6.50, Canada Post $7.15, book...

Health and fitness, the African way: type in health and fitness into your web browser and you will be inundated with thousands of results, all pertaining to health and fitness in the Western world. Try keying in health and fitness in Africa; you get nothing, completely zilch. Does this mean health and fitness is exclusive to the West? Regina Jere-Malanda tries to find the answer.
It was a good discovery. After frustratingly yielding nothing on how and why Africans stay fit, exercise or go to the gym--or lack thereof--there it was. NTPowerHouse--local gyms, fitness and bodybuilding African style. The key word was "bodybuilding" and pop: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Hey folks, you...