Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Physical Activity, Health, and Chronic Disease; Chapter 2. Preliminary Health Screening and Risk Classification; Chapter 3. Principles of Assessment, Prescription, and Exercise Program; Chapter 4. Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Chapter 5. Designing Cardiorespiratory Exercise Programs; Chapter 6. Assessing Muscular Fitness; Chapter 7. Designing Resistance Training Programs; Chapter 8. Assessing Body Composition; Chapter 9. Designing Weight Management and Body Composition Programs; 10. Assessing Flexibility; Chapter 11. Designing Programs for Flexibility and Low Back Care; Chapter 12. Assessing Balance and Designing Balance Programs.

About the Author

Vivian H. Heyward has taught physical fitness assessment and exercise prescription courses for 26 years. In addition to the previous editions of this book, she has authored two editions of Applied Body Composition Assessment (Human Kinetics, 1996, 2004) as well as numerous articles in research and journals. Ann L. Gibson, is an associate professor and researcher in exercise science at the University of New Mexico, with research interests in body composition and physiological responses to exercise. She developed the ancillary materials for the sixth edition in addition to coauthoring the seventh.