Table of Contents
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Course Contents
Faculty Resources
Student Resources
Unit 1
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Assessing Your Wellness
Unit 2
Chapter 3: Introduction to Fitness and Wellness
- Introduction to Fitness and Wellness Readings
- Introducing the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
- Physical Activity Has Many Health Benefits
- Active Adults
- Safe and Active
- Additional Considerations for Some Adults
- Video: Cholesterol Overview
- Video: Stroke Overview
- Video: Diabetes Overview
- Video: Hypertension Overview
- Assignment: President's Challenge Fitness Test Pre-Test
Chapter 4: Cardiorespiratory Endurance
Chapter 5: Flexibility
Unit 3
Chapter 6: Body Composition
Chapter 7: Nutrition
- Nutrition and Diet
- Nutrition For Everyone
- Water: Meeting Your Daily Fluid Needs
- Dietary Fat
- Carbohydrates
- Protein
- Vitamins and Minerals
- Dietary Guidelines: Introduction
- Dietary Guidelines: Balancing Calories to Manage Weight
- Dietary Guidelines: Young and Middle Adulthood
- Dietary Guidelines: Foods and Food Components to Reduce
- Dietary Guidelines: Foods and Nutrients to Increase
- Dietary Guidelines: Building Healthy Eating Patterns
- Dietary Guidelines: Using the Food Label
- Dietary Guidelines: Glossary
- Assignment: Food Tracker
- Discussion: Grocery Shopping
Chapter 8: Muscle Strength and Endurance
- Reassess Fitness Level
- Muscle Strength & Endurance Reading
- Introduction to Muscle Tissue
- Types of Muscle Tissues
- Skeletal Muscle
- Muscle Fiber Contraction and Relaxation
- Nervous System Control of Muscle Tension
- Introduction to the Muscular System
- Types of Muscle Fibers
- Exercise and Muscle Performance
- Interactions of Skeletal Muscles
- Naming Skeletal Muscles
- Overview of Muscle Tissue Types
- Overview of Muscle Functions
- Types of Skeletal Muscle Fibers
- Types of Muscle Contractions: Isotonic and Isometric
- Effect of Exercise on Muscles
- Muscular Atrophy and Hypertrophy
- Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage
- Aerobic Training versus Strength Training
- Videos: Muscle Groups & Strength Training
Unit 4
Chapter 9: Lifetime Fitness and Wellness
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