Get Fit, Stay Well! Brief Edition offers one of the most modern, student-focused, flexible, and technology-enhanced approaches to fitness and wellness available today. It is the only fitness and wellness textbook to employ integrated student-case-studies throughout each chapter. It presents a thoroughly fresh art and photo program featuring strength training photos depicting real, contemporary students, modern-day equipment, and options for those with limited access to equipment. A unique three-pronged (skill acquisition, self-assessment, and plan-for-action) approach to labs helps students bridge the gap between what they know they ought to do and how they actually act.  The powerful supplements package provides a comprehensive suite of classroom presentation tools, additional lab activities, and unsurpassed resources for those teaching online or hybrid classes—including audio/visual lectures, online quizzes, lab worksheets, 80+ exercise videos, and an E-book. The Brief Edition contains chapters 1-11 of the "full edition" of Get Fit, Stay Well!, with a focus on fitness topics, nutrition, weight, stress, and preventing cardiovascular disease.

Table of Contents

1. Making Personal Wellness Choices

2. Understanding Fitness Principles

3. Committing to Fitness

4. Conditioning Your Cardiorespiratory System

5. Building Muscular Strength and Endurance

6. Maintaining Flexibility and Lower-Back Health

7. Understanding Body Composition

8. Improving Your Nutrition

9. Managing Your Weight

10. Managing Stress

11. Reducing Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease