Ledder's innovative, student-centered approach reflects recent research on successful learning by emphasizing connections between new and familiar concepts and by engaging students in a dialogue with the material. Though streamlined, the text is also flexible enough to support a variety of teaching goals, in part through optional topics that give instructors considerable freedom in customizing their courses. Linear algebra is presented in self-contained sections to accommodate both courses that have a linear algebra prerequisite and those that do not. Throughout the text, a wide variety of examples from the physical, life and social sciences, among other areas, are employed to enhance student learning. In-depth Model Problems drawn from everyday experience highlight the key concepts or methods in each section. Other innovative features of the text include Instant Exercises that allow students to quickly test new skills and Case Studies that further explore the powerful problem-solving capability of differential equations. Readers will learn not only how to solve differential equations, but also how to apply their knowledge to areas in mathematics and beyond.

Weight Training: Steps to Success (STS (Steps to Success Activity)

Baechle, Thomas R.

Earle, Roger W.

Sports & Outdoors

Human Kinetics

Make every minute in the weight room count. Fitness Weight Training will help you maximize the results you're seeking from each workout session.
75 detailed workouts designed specifically for strengthening, toning, and shaping ensure that your muscles will develop as you desire. The selection of workouts allows you to fit the optimal training session into the time, energy, and equipment available. 
Take the guesswork out and put confidence into every workout. Make Fitness Weight Training your workout manual for toned and well-defined muscles.

Fitness Weight Training - 2nd Edition (Fitness Spectrum Series)

Increase your strength to improve your health, your appearance, and your performance—with Strength Training Past 50! 
Strength training has numerous advantages for the active adult, including enhanced athletic performance and reduced risk of disease, including decreased symptoms of arthritis, diabetes, and osteoporosis. 
Strength Training Past 50 has everything you need to start enjoying these benefits or to jump-start your current routine:
-63 exercises for both free weights and machines
-14 workout plans for increasing size, endurance, and strength 
-Sport-specific programs for running, cycling, swimming, skiing, tennis, and golf
-Eating plans for increased strength gains
Strength Training Past 50 will keep you active, healthy, and looking great with workouts and programs designed just for you!

Strength Training Past 50 - 2nd Edition (Ageless Athlete Series)

Westcott, Wayne

Bring the benefits of strength training to seniors—regardless of their fitness levels—with Fitness Professional's Guide toStrength Training Older Adults, Second Edition. This resource contains the information and tools you need to educate, motivate, and assist older adults in committing to and benefiting from individualized strength training programs. Baechle and Westcott, leading authorities in fitness and strength training, offer information and guidance based on their combined 50-plus years of experience as strength training athletes, coaches, instructors, and researchers. The authors’ summaries of current research will update your knowledge of the specific health benefits of strength training for senior populations, including those with chronic conditions. Guidelines for senior strength training provide a basis for your program design, and recommendations for program modifications will assist you in constructing strength training programs that meet each client’s needs, abilities, and limitations. Previously published as Strength Training for Seniors, this new edition has been retooled to assist health and fitness instructors at health clubs, YMCAs, community centers, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other organizations in helping older adults obtain the far-reaching benefits of strength training. Fitness Professional's Guide to StrengthTraining Older Adults includes these updates: • A new chapter on sport conditioning programs, which provides specific strength training exercises to boost performance and reduce risk of injury for older runners, cyclists, swimmers, skiers, golfers, tennis players, rowers, rock climbers, hikers, softball players, and triathletes • Updated research regarding program design and performance for special populations, including seniors with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, low-back pain, balance issues, arthritis, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, frailty, and poststroke impairments • Updated nutrition information and specific nutrition guidelines to help seniors properly fuel their bodies for aerobic exercise, muscle building, and daily living. Precise illustrations and biomechanically sound instructions for exercises that use resistance machines, free weights, body weight, elastic bands, and balls help you review proper techniques and provide your clients with clear explanations. Unique teaching scripts offer strategies for communicating information that will help your clients avoid errors that cause injury or reduce the effectiveness of the exercise. Use the sample 10-week workout to help your beginning clients establish a foundation of muscle strength to improve everyday tasks and increase cardiovascular capability. You’ll also find intermediate and advanced workout programs focused on increasing muscle size, strength, and endurance along with specific considerations for older adults at each fitness level. In addition, practical methods for client assessment assist you in measuring muscle strength, hip and trunk flexibility, and body composition; guidelines also help your clients assess their own progress. Featuring principles, protocols, and adaptations, Fitness Professional's Guide to Strength Training Older Adults has everything you need for designing and directing sensible strength training programs for seniors. Information is presented progressively, making it easy to apply for fitness and health care professionals with varied backgrounds and experiences. In addition, numerous references for each topic offer starting points for further study, and tables, figures, and logss provide guidance in exercise program design and education for your clients. Substantial research has shown that strength training can reverse many of the degenerative processes associated with aging and reduce the risk and severity of several health problems common among older adults. Use the information and tools in Fitness Professional's Guide to Strength Training Older Adults to help your senior clients understand the benefits of strength training, overcome their intimidation, and commit to a training program that will enable them to enjoy a more vibrant and active lifestyle.

Fitness Professional's Guide to Strength Training Older Adults

Whether you're a serious weight trainer with a chiseled physique or a newcomer to the weight room with a little flab, this book will help you design a custom-made program that fits your goals. Inside you'll find 
• tips for starting a weight training program, from choosing your equipment to determining your present fitness level and desired weight training outcomes; 
• six color-coded workout zones containing 50 progressive workouts that let you choose your own pace and type of result--muscle toning, body shaping, or strength development; and 
• sample weight training programs that show you how to organize the workouts into a safe and effective training plan that meets your needs. 
Written by experts Thomas Baechle and Roger Earle, Fitness Weight Training is part of the Fitness Spectrum Series--a new collection of books from Human Kinetics that offer fitness enthusiasts and sport participants of all backgrounds a practical and flexible approach to training.

Fitness Weight Training

This instruction manual is designed to show readers how to teach weight training, providing the knowledge that they need to design a customized training programme. A companion self-help volume and an accompanying video are also available.

Weight Training Instruction: Steps to Success (Steps to Success Activity Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Groves, Barney R.

Exercise & Fitness

A reference text for fitness professionals, sports medicine specialists and fitness students, this book explores the scientific principles, concepts and theories, as well as the practical aspects of strength training and conditioning. It covers the structure and function of body systems, training adaptations, testing and evaluations, exercise programme design and the organization and administration of the training facility. The book is divided into five sections: in the first part, experts in fields such as exercise physiology, neurology, biochemistry, anatomy, biomechanics and endocrinology discuss the principles of their respective areas of expertise, and how they can be applied to designing safe and effective strength and conditioning programmes. The second part discusses the necessary steps of testing, from selecting the most appropriate test to evaluating results. The third part provides information and instruction on stretching, plyometrics and speed development exercises, and lifting and spotting techniques. The fourth part sums up the information from the first three sections of the text, explaining how to design an effective strength training and conditioning programme for athletes. The final part addresses facility management, including equipment, facility policies and procedures, staff concerns and emergency preparedness.

Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning

Provides instructors of older adults with principles for safe and successful strength training programs. Covers general guidelines, teaching strategies and training procedures, standard free-weight and machine exercises, sample free-weight and machine workout programs, alternative exercises, assessment, special population training, and nutrition. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Strength Training for Seniors: An Instructor Guide for Developing Safe and Effective Programs

Westcott, Wayne L.

Research clearly shows that strength training is especially effective for older adults. Strength Training Past 50 explains and shows the most effective way for mature adults to work their muscles by presenting specific strength tests; 9 safety essentials; 39 age-appropriate exercises; a 10-week workout plan; and personalized programs for increasing muscle size, strength, and endurance. Two world-renowned experts, Wayne Westcott and Tom Baechle, team up to present strength exercise information and prescriptions tailored to the needs of anyone over 50 years of age.

Strength Training Past 50 (Ageless Athlete Series)

You have taken your first step to success in learning weight training with the purchase of this book. Weight Training: Steps to Success combines the knowledge and experience of master teachers Thomas Baechle and Barney Groves with the latest research on teaching weight training. 
Weight Training: Steps to Success is a unique guide to maximize your weight training progress. It is a breakthrough in physical activity and sport skill instruction through its development of complete learning progressions--the steps to success. You will climb 16 steps on your way to weight training success. Each step (chapter) 
• explains why the concept or exercise is important, • identifies the keys to correct technique, • helps you correct common errors, • explains how to practice each exercise in realistic ways, • lists specific performance goals for each drill, • gives you a summary checklist for evaluating proper technique, and • lets you proceed at your own pace. 
Each of the steps you will take is an easy transition from the one before. Your first few steps provide a solid foundation of basic skills and concepts. As you progress you will learn how to safely perform exercises, chart your workouts, and design programs that will enable you to meet your personal goals for training. As you approach the top of your climb to success, you will gain confidence in your weight training ability and experience the satisfaction of knowing that you look and feel better.

Weight Training : Steps to Success (Steps to Success Activity Series)

Human Kinetics (Trade)

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