Fit for Duty

Robert Hoffman, Thomas R. Collingwood (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2005 | 2nd Revised edition
Human Kinetics Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7360-5543-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Aimed at police officers and other emergency services personnel who face physically challenging and stressful situations on a daily basis. Addresses the physical demands of police work and shows readers how to develop a comprehensive programme to improve overall health and fitness. Readers will learn how to improve cardiovascular endurance, anaerobic power, muscular strength, endurance and flexibility. Provides information on diet and nutrition, weight management, stress management, giving up smoking and prevention of substance abuse. Describes how to design a fitness programme, set realistic goals and evaluate progress.

Autor

Robert Hoffman is certified as a fitness instructor by the American College of Sports Medicine and as a fitness trainer by the U.S. Army. He spent 3 years as the director of training for the Soldier Physical Fitness School, developing a complete fitness programme for Army soldiers. Thomas Collingwood has been involved in implementing law enforcement programmes for over 30 years. He developed the Cooper Institute's Police Instructors Course that has trained over 10,000 police fitness co-ordinators in the U.S.

Inhalt

Part I: Assessing Your Fitness; Chapter 1. What Does Fitness Mean to an Office?; Chapter 2. How Do You Get Started?; Chapter 3. How Fit Are You?; Part II: Training for Fitness; Chapter 4. Principles of Exercise; Chapter 5. Cardiovascular Endurance; Chapter 6. Resistance Strength Training; Chapter 7. Flexibility; Chapter 8. Anaerobic Fitness; Part III: Managing the Lifestyle Components of Fitness; Chapter 9. Understanding Diet and Nutrition; Chapter 10. Controlling Weight; Chapter 11. Managing Stress; Chapter 12. Quitting Smoking; Chapter 13. Preventing Substance Abuse; Part IV: Maintaining Your Fitness; Chapter 14. Setting Fitness Goals; Chapter 15. Motivating Yourself to Be Fit.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 11 black & white illustrations, 94 black & white halftones
• Verlagsort: Champaign
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 216 x 279 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7360-5543-6 / 0736055436
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-5543-7 / 9780736055437
• Zustand: Neuware