Chuck Corbin's Fitness for Life Video Series: Lifelong Physical Fitness (PAL - European Format)
Please Note: This is PAL Format, not VHS. PAL Format is for use in European Countries only. Use NTSC or VHS Format for U.S. Orders. Teenagers often seem to think they're immortal-they believe that their bodies are resistant to most health problems. This can make it hard to get them to care about physical activity and health-related fitness. The latest research shows that many young adults are less active than they should be, placing them at increased risk for heart disease and other serious health risks. As many as 50 percent of American adults do not get enough physical activity for optimal health benefits, and there is evidence that sedentary lifestyles actually begin to develop in the teen years. Now there's a new video series that speaks to teens on their own level, in a way they can understand, about the benefits of lifetime physical activity. What's more, the series provides specific tools that teens can use to assess their personal fitness and develop realistic individual fitness and physical activity goals. Chuck Corbin's Fitness for Life Videos prepare students to take responsibility for their own activity and fitness levels-for the rest of their lives. The worldwide leader on the subject, Chuck Corbin, has developed these all-new videos. Dr. Corbin is the author of more than 200 professional and research publications and more than 30 books-including the popular award-winning books Concepts of Physical Fitness and Fitness for Life. Chuck Corbin's Fitness for Life Videos provide your students with in-depth knowledge of health-related fitness and lifetime physical activity presented in an engaging manner that will motivate as well as instruct. The videos will help your students learn to practice goal setting; think critically about health-related fitness; and become responsible for their own activity, fitness, and health. The videos will also help prepare your students to participate in the FITNESSGRAM physical fitness test and the FitSmart National Health-Related Fitness Knowledge Test. The package includes five 25-minute videos and a user's guide contained on a CD-ROM: Introduction to Lifelong Physical Fitness Cardiovascular Fitness Muscle Fitness Flexibility Body Composition The videos are designed to convince teenagers-many of whom feel immune to most health risks-that they need to learn and care about fitness. Operating at a level teens can understand, the videos begin by showing the immediate benefits of physical activity, then provid