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The Gale encyclopedia of fitness
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Publication Date
[2012]
Language
English
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ISBN
9781414490199
Table of Contents
From the eBook - First edition.
Adventure racing -- Aerobic training -- Age and exercise -- Aging athlete -- Alzheimer's disease -- Amenorrhea -- Amino acid metabolism -- Anabolic steroids and anabolic steroid use -- Anaerobic exercise -- Arm exercises -- Arthritis -- Asthma -- Athlete's foot -- Athletic heart syndrome -- Back exercises -- Balance training -- Ballet-barre -- Baseball -- Basketball -- Bellydancing -- Bicycling -- Bikram yoga -- Biochemistry of exercise -- Blisters -- Blood pressure and exercise -- Body composition tests -- Body mass index -- Bodybuilding -- Bone health -- Boot camp -- Boxing -- Bursitis -- Calcium status and exercise -- Calf exercises -- Calisthenics -- Calories -- Carbohydrate metabolism in exercise -- Carbohydrate replacement during exercise -- Carbohydrates -- Cardiac rehabilitation -- Cardiorespiratory fitness tests -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cardiovascular system -- Chest exercises -- Cholesterol -- Chronic disease prevention -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Circuit training -- Cold therapy -- Concentric training -- Concurrent training -- Concussion -- Core training -- Cricket -- Crossfit -- Dance -- Dehydration -- Delayed onset muscle soreness -- Diabetes and exercise -- Diabetes mellitus -- Digestive system -- Disease prevention and exercise -- Dumbbells -- Eating disorders -- Eccentric training -- Elliptical trainer -- Endocrine system -- Endurance training -- Energy drinks -- Energy expenditure -- Epinephrine -- Ergogenic aids -- Eurofit -- Exercise -- Exercise-induced anaphylaxis -- Exercise-induced oxidative stress and antioxidants -- Exercise intensity training methods -- Exercise, nutrition, and health -- Exercise and physical inactivity -- Exercise-related asthma -- Exercising at home -- Exergaming -- Fat burning -- Fatigue -- Fats -- Female triad -- Fencing -- Field hockey -- Fitness apps -- Flexibility tests -- Foam rollers -- Foot health -- Football -- Fracture -- Functional training -- Gastrointestinal function and exercise -- Golf -- Gymnastics -- Hamstring exercises -- Hand-eye coordination -- Handball -- Hatha yoga -- Healthy lives, healthy people -- Healthy people 2000 & 2010 -- Heart rate monitor -- Heat exhaustion -- Heat therapy -- Heatstroke -- Hip and thigh exercises -- History of fitness -- Hula hooping -- Hydration -- Hypertension -- Hyperthermia therapy -- Hyponatremia -- Ice hockey -- Immune system -- Immunity and the effects of exercise and nutrition -- Indoor cycling class -- Inline skating -- Integumentary system -- Interval training -- Iron status and exercise -- Ironman -- Isometric training -- Iyengar yoga -- Jumping rope -- Kettleball -- Kickboxing -- Kidney disease and exercise -- Kinesiology -- Lacrosse -- Lactate threshold training -- Leg exercises -- Low back pain -- Lower body exercises -- Lymphatic system --
Marathon and half marathon
Martial arts
Maximum oxygen uptake
Men's fitness
Mental health and exercise
Metabolic equivalent of tasks
Metabolism and energy
Military fitness tests
Mindful eating
Moderate vs
Vigorous intensity training
Muscle cramp
Muscle hypertrophy
Muscle pain
Muscle strain
Muscle toning
Muscular strength and endurance tests
Muscular system
Nerve entrapment
Nervous system, autonomic
Nervous system, somatic
Nutrition supplements
Nutrition timing
Obesity
Ocean sports
Olympics
Orthotics
Osteoporosis
Overhydration
Overtraining
Overuse injury
Paddleboarding
Paraplegic and quadriplegic athletes
Patellofemoral syndrome
Pedometer
Performance-enhancing drugs
Periodization
Peripheral arterial disease
Personal training
Pilates
Plantar fasciitis
Power yoga
Pre-participation screening
Prenatal exercise
President's challenge
Protein
Protein metabolism and exercise
Qigong
Quadricep exercises
Racquetball
Recess and unstructured play
Rehydration and recovery after exercise
Reproductive system, female
Reproductive system, male
Respiratory system
Rock climbing
Rotator cuff injury
Rowing
Rugby
Running
Senior fitness
Senior fitness testing
Shoulder stability
Sitting
Skateboarding
Skeletal system
Sling training
Snowboarding
Soccer
Softball
Sports nutrition
Squash
Stability training
Stationary bicycle
Step aerobics
Stretching
Sudden cardiac death related to exercise or sport
Sunburn
Swimming
Table tennis
Tae kwon do
T'ai chi
Target heart rate
Tendinitis
Tennis
Thermal injuries
Track and field
Treadmill
U
S
President's Council on Fitness, sports, & nutrition
Upper body exercises
Urinary system
Vinyasa yoga
Volleyball
Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio
Walking
Warm-up and cool down
Water exercise
Water intoxication
Weight loss
Weightlifting
Winter sports
Women's fitness
Workplace and fitness
Wrestling
Yoga
Youth sports
Zumba.
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