Active Living Every Day

Steven N. Blair, Andrea L. Dunn, Bess H. Marcus, Ruth Ann Carpenter, Peter Jaret

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781492597148
• eBook ISBN: 9781492597155
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Sport & Exercise Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

Regular physical activity is an important key to a healthy, happy lifestyle. The many benefits of daily physical activity include more energy; less stress; better sleep; reduced risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes; stronger bones, joints, and muscles; and an overall healthier and longer independent life. If you're ready to become active, fit, and healthy, Active Living Every Day, Third Edition With Web Resource, provides all the tools you need to get moving and make physical activity part of your everyday life.

More than a book, Active Living Every Day presents a scientifically tested step-by-step program with evidence-based behavior change strategies for becoming more physically active. Designed to make active lifestyles available to people everywhere, it offers updated research showing the need to be physically active and demonstrates the proven effectiveness of this program.

Practical and accessible, this third edition offers streamlined delivery for a clear, focused read. Learn simple and enjoyable ways to fit physical activity into your life, concentrating on activities you can easily add into your daily routine. Create your own personalized activity plan unique to your individual preferences and lifestyle. With an emphasis on moderate-intensity activities, you'll also learn how everyday activities, like housecleaning and gardening, can count toward your weekly physical activity goals. Develop confidence by gaining problem-solving skills, overcoming obstacles, and learning how to increase intensity when desired. The tips and participants' stories in this book, plus a web resource offering activities for practice, offer the support and guidance you need to make healthy changes in your life.

With Active Living Every Day, Third Edition, join thousands of people just like you who have used this program to achieve lifelong success in becoming active every day.

Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education course and exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes all the course materials and exam.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Praise for Active Living Every Day
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• You’ve Come to the Right Place!
• Acknowledgments
• Session One. Ready, Set, Go
• Session Two. Finding Opportunities for Activity
• Session Three. Overcoming Challenges
• Session Four. Setting Goals and Rewards
• Session Five. Gaining Confidence
• Session Six. Enlisting Support
• Session Seven. Avoiding Pitfalls
• Session Eight. Step by Step
• Session Nine. Defusing Stress
• Session Ten. Finding New Opportunities to Be Active
• Session Eleven. Positive Planning
• Session Twelve. Making Lasting Changes
• Appendix A: Stages on the Way to Becoming Active
• Appendix B: 2020 Par-Q+
• Appendix C: Energy Expenditure Chart
• Appendix D: Forms for Progressing Toward an Active Lifestyle
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors