| Description |
6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
DVD DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Series |
Great courses (DVD). Better living, health & wellness |
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Great courses (DVD). Better living.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Taught by: Dean Hodgkin, University of Portsmouth. |
| Note |
Course guidebook includes lecture outline, exercises, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. |
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Course no. 1960. |
| Summary |
"This course is designed to equip you with a basic understanding of how your body works and to enable you to set and meet your own health and fitness goals ..."--Guidebook p. 1." |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Components of fitness ; How fit are you? ; Overcome the barriers to exercise ; Your heart in action ; The fitness of breathing ; you can reduce stress -- Disc 2. Fitness and pregnancy ; Refuel, recover, and reenergize ; Thinking: the brain-body connection ; Healthy joints for life ; Protecting yourself from injury ; The amazing benefits of balance -- Disc 3. Fueling fitness ; Why everyone should exercise in water ; The secret life of muscles ; Strong to the bone ; Getting your back on track ; 21st-century yoga -- Disc 4. Walk your way to fitness ; The amazing benefits of stretching ; Stay active: defy the aging process ; Sitting disease ; Exercise for weight loss ; Mobilizers and stabilizers: managing your abs -- Disc 5. Body weight workout ; Medicine ball workout ; Step and interval workout ; Dumbbell workout ; Combat workout ; Fitness ball workout -- Disc 6. Balance board workout ; Kettlebell workout ; Plyometrics workout ; Resistance band workout ; Training bar workout ; Stretching routine. |
| Note |
Special features: Warm-up routine, Cooldown demo, Muscle man 3-D, Juggling demo, Tai Chi demo, FAQ, Video glossary. |
| Subject |
Physical fitness.
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Exercise.
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Health.
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Exercise. (OCoLC)fst00917991
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Health. (OCoLC)fst00952743
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Physical fitness. (OCoLC)fst01062569
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| Genre/Form |
Filmed lectures. (OCoLC)fst01726215
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Instructional films. (OCoLC)fst01726236
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Instructional films.
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Filmed lectures.
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| Added Author |
Hodgkin, Dean.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598038361 |
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1598038362 |
| Music No. |
ID1960A-01 |
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