Features practicing dance educators, choreographers, critics and scholars, who have a distinguished record of scholarship and practice in the field of dance education. This book expands on the discourse and curriculum of dance in ways that connect it to the critical, political, moral and aesthetic dimensions of our contemporary social lives.
A guide to increasing core strength, stability and flexibility. Whether you're just beginning your routine or looking to enhance an existing conditioning programme, it features over 100 exercises and 60 programmes to show how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures.
Features full-colour photographs and detailed anatomical illustrations of exercises for slimming, shaping and toning the core, bottom and legs. Whether looking to eliminate love handles, tighten glutes, or add definition to the legs, this book presents the exercises, programming and advice for the results you want.
With over 550 full colour photos and illustrations, this title lets you go inside more than 130 exercises to see how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures and learn how variations, progressions and sequencing can affect muscle recruitment, the underlying structures, and ultimately the results.
Deals with the wonders of human movement and applied anatomy. This title is intended for students of human performance. It considers fundamental movements such as posture, walking, running, jumping, throwing, kicking and lifting, together with selected exercise and sport movements.
Essential Bicycle Maintenance & Repair teaches you how to repair your bike with minimal investment in specialized tools. Written for the do-it-yourselfer, not the professional mechanic, each repair includes step-by-step instructions and photo sequences, making the book an accessible and essential resource for any cyclist.
Fitness Cycling offers 56 workouts for different types of training (sprinting, intervals, hills, etc.) so active people and cyclists at all levels reach their fitness and performance goals. This attractive four-color guide provides essential information about setting goals, training, recovery, and preventing injuries.
Useful for teaching lifelong health and fitness, this edition features online study guides, test bank, support materials, including lesson plans, ready-to-use assessment and teacher resources, videos, music, graphics packages and more. It focuses on MyPyramid and the 2005 Dietary Guidelines, an increased emphasis on diversity awareness.