High school healthy hearts in the zone : a heart rate monitoring program for lifelong fitness

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High school healthy hearts in the zone : a heart rate monitoring program for lifelong fitness

Deve Swaim, Sally Edwards

Human Kinetics, c2003

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-309) and index

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This practical resource provides lesson plans, worksheets, log and journal pages and much more to help teachers to teach their high-school students about lifelong fitness using heart-rate monitors. Self-directed learning, goal setting and self motivation are all emphasized in the lessons. Key features include: rationales for using heart-rate monitors and heart-zone training in health and physical-education curricula; 47 lesson plans; 72 pull-out student worksheets that can be photocopied for distribution to students; pull-out log pages and journal pages for students.

Table of Contents

  • Jump start - a quick reference for getting started
  • measure - the first step
  • monitor - the second step
  • manage - heart-zone training
  • the target - goal setting
  • ten steps to heart-zone training
  • the play - workouts
  • using a heart-rate monitor for sports applications
  • hardware - a comprehensive guide to heart-rate monitors
  • the biomechanics of the heart
  • enlarging the fat-burning ranges
  • heart zones circuit training for improvement assessment.

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