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Aquatic Fitness Professional Manual is the primary preparation resource for the certification exam of the Aquatic Exercise Association (AEA) and is the most comprehensive guide available for designing and leading exercise sessions in the pool.

Complete Guide to Landmine Training is the ultimate resource for everything you need to know about landmine training. Featuring 82 exercises and 35 workouts, you'll be able to create versatile, efficient, joint-friendly workouts with this popular training device.

Governance in Sport: Analysis and Application, Second Edition, examines governance within sport organizations at all levels of sport and across industry sectors. Drawing from both analytical and applied perspectives, students will learn principles of good governance and ethical decision making.

This book is uniquely focused on the growth and maturation of children and adolescents in relation to physical performance. The latest edition explores an overview of youth sports, including the benefits and risks as well as efforts aimed at talent development.

The Science of Long-Term Weight Loss provides a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to help clients achieve long-term weight loss success. The text considers decades of research from experts in the field and embraces a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the obesity epidemic.

Practical Fueling for Endurance Athletes provides practical, science-based nutritional information and strategies that lead to long-term health and superior performance in running, cycling, swimming, rowing, obstacle course racing, multiday events, and Nordic skiing.

Longevity in the gym begins with knowing how to prevent injuries before the injuries interrupt your training. Rock Solid Resilience shows you how to train so you can work out for a lifetime while pushing your limits and meeting your goals.

Learn how to lift safely and effectively with this step-by-step guide, perfect for beginners. Discover the core principles of strength training, follow clear photo tutorials, and get expert advice on avoiding common mistakes with the four essential lifts.

Patient-Centered Care in Sports Medicine helps students achieve competency in patient-centered care. The text offers strategies to advocate, engage, and communicate with patients from varying social backgrounds, and it includes self-assessment tools, practical forms, and cultural background information.

ABLE Bodies Balance Training is an activity-based program designed to improve balance and mobility for fit and frail older adults. There are 137 activities and exercises to improve flexibility, posture, core stability, strength, mobility, balance, cardiorespiratory endurance, and brain health.

A guide to explosive power training for athletes, coaches and strength and conditioning experts. Exploring the principles of high-intensity plyometric training, power assessments and the development of both long and short-term conditioning programmes, it contains detailed photo sequences, step-by-step instruction and intensity guidelines.

"As a runner moves past the age of 50, the physiological demands of the sport require changes in training intensity, recovery, goal setting, and mental outlook. For the runner who adapts to those changes, running continues to be a challenging and enjoyable sport. Running Past 50 guides the reader in understanding the needed shift in thinking and training that can lead to age-graded personal bests, reduced risk of injury, and a lifetime of health and fitness"--

Sport Skill Acquisition considers the expanding knowledge in motor behavior, with a focus on application, blending major theoretical perspectives with other performance essentials to support athletic performance. The it depends approach is employed to select a strategy for each particular context.

Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition, examines core functions, career opportunities, and current trends in sport management conveyed by a diverse team of contributors. Reflecting the latest information and examples from the field, the text covers the essentials for entering the profession.

"This book includes instructions and drills for proper rowing technique and corrections to common errors. It also provides workout examples and a 6-week training program to incorporate rowing into the reader's overall fitness plan"--

NSCA's Guide to Program Design, Second Edition, is the definitive resource for designing scientifically based training programs. Developed by the NSCA, it provides the latest information, strategies, and insights from the leading experts in the field of strength and conditioning.

Strength Training for Hockey will help you create a hockey-specific resistance training program to help athletes at each position--forward, defense, and goalie--develop strength and power that will prepare them for the demands of a game.

"This book is an authoritative, practical guide to designing resistance training programs for lacrosse. It provides principles of sport-specific resistance training, exercise techniques, and sample programs that address the specific needs of different lacrosse positions at the high school, college, and professional levels during the off-season, preseason, in-season, and postseason. It shows how resistance training helps develop key lacrosse skills, reduce athletes' risk of injury, and improve overall performance on the field by enhancing strength, power, speed, agility, endurance, and mental toughness"--

Cultural Equity in Physical Education amplifies crucial issues that affect students from racialized groups, provides culturally aware teaching strategies, and addresses the litany of racist practices (both unintentional and overt) directed toward Black, American Indian, Asian, Latine, and Indigenous youths.

Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition, examines core functions, career opportunities, and current trends in sport management conveyed by a diverse team of contributors. Reflecting the latest information and examples from the field, the text covers the essentials for entering the profession.

Fitness Facility Management provides an in-depth look at the challenges and rewards of managing contemporary health and fitness facilities, including boutique and corporate facilities, campus recreation centers, community recreation, and franchised fitness clubs.

Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist, Third Edition, is geared toward students in dance II, III, and IV classes. It places teachers in the role of facilitator and opens up a world of creativity and analytical thinking as students explore dance as an art form.

Fundamentals of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, Fifth Edition, provides a clear understanding of the functions, skills, and activities performed by certified athletic trainers. This book helps students evaluate the possibility of a career as a sports medicine professional.

Vital Core Training teaches fitness professionals to implement core movement training for clients of all ages and abilities. It features 78 exercises and 11 ready-to-use workouts designed to decrease pain and improve strength, mobility, flexibility, balance, and everyday function.

The Complete Guide to Yoga Props includes over 120 poses with more than 800 variations that use props such as a block, strap, blanket, bolster, chair, or wall to avoid pain and maximize comfort, make the pose attainable for a range of body types, achieve optimal alignment, or make the pose more challenging.

Ethics in Sport, Fourth Edition, offers a total of 33 essays from influential authors. These essays provide readers with classic and contemporary views on ethical issues in today's sport culture. The fourth edition of Ethics in Sport contains nine new essays that address the latest topics in the world of sport that have provoked widespread controversy. These issues concern, among other things, whether esports (electronic sports) are bona fide sports, whether gamesmanship is acceptable in sports competition, and whether transgender athletes who transition from male to female should be allowed to compete in sports reserved for women and under what conditions. Each chapter begins with an introduction that encapsulates relevant ethical concepts and contextualizes the issues in the upcoming essay. Throughout the text, discussion questions prompt students to reflect on the information presented and to consider how ethical issues affect our society and their own lives. An instructor guide offers tools to facilitate these discussions as well as over 50 assignment recommendations. With a wealth of new essays, Ethics in Sport, Fourth Edition, offers philosophical insights from the most influential minds in the study of ethics and keeps readers abreast of current issues.

Introduction to Adaptive Sport and Recreation prepares future sport managers to integrate adaptive sport and disability-related programming within a sport organization. Contributors include educators and professionals in sport management and adaptive sport.

Provides students with the practical knowledge and tools to succeed in the fast-paced field of sports journalism, whether with media outlets or sport teams and organizations. Students explore what to write and how to write, the latest digital media, ethics in sports journalism, and more.

National Physical Education Standards, Fourth Edition, is the go-to book for all physical education teachers, providing the framework for creating curricula, designing lesson plans, and developing assessments. Created by SHAPE America - Society of Health and Physical Educators, the leading advocate for health and physical education, this text unveils the revised standards and new Grade-Span Learning Indicators, offers practical guidelines for implementation and assessment, and advances the idea that physical education means equity, access, and inclusion for all. The text has been designed so teachers can easily build relevant and developmentally appropriate learning experiences that engage all preK-12 learners. Incorporating the standards, the text creates a framework for physical educators to focus on the well-being of the whole person and their physical literacy journey. This latest edition features the revised standards, which reflect the following key shifts: Grade-Span Learning Indicators that replace grade-level outcomes Learning Progressions that offer sample sequential tasks to address a range of skill abilities The research in motor development that provided the foundation for restructuring the National PE Standards and creating Grade-Span Learning Indicators Expansion of the term physical literacy to reflect the developmental journey students experience through their time as physical education students Incorporating themes related to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion National Physical Education Standards, Fourth Edition, begins by documenting the revisions process, including the research evidence that led to restructuring the previous standards. It clarifies the framework of the National PE Standards and the essential content of preK-12 physical education for key stakeholders (students, teachers, parents, curriculum directors, administrators, boards of education, and policy makers). The text concludes by providing physical educators with resources to assist in using the standards to guide instruction and assessment practices. Administrators and teachers can confidently use National Physical Education Standards, Fourth Edition, to create high-quality physical education programs that prepare students for a lifetime of healthful and meaningful physical activity.

Embrace the foundations of your hatha yoga practice through gorgeous photos that capture the natural beauty of the asana. Foundational Yoga Flow boasts a comprehensive collection of 90 poses segmented into three parts: Awaken: warming and foundational poses as you start to move Deepen: standing, hand-balancing, inversion, and backbend poses that flow into each other and inspire you to challenge yourself Soften: seated and restorative poses to end your practice Stunning photos depict the beauty, intention, and energy of each pose in relationship with the time of day in which it was photographed: during sunrise to wake up the body (awaken), at midday to invigorate and energize (deepen), and during sunset and nighttime for restoration (soften). Each pose is accompanied by expert instruction and insight to help you gain the most from your practice. Variations are offered to enable you to tailor your yoga practice to your own needs and abilities. Six sequences--including sun salutations, moon salutations, and sequences for a particular time of day--showcase the poses in a flowing rhythm. If you aspire to embody the beauty of asana, let Foundational Yoga Flow be the captivating and enlightening guide that you'll turn to time and time again.