Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health

Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health
ISBN-10
0736054839
ISBN-13
9780736054836
Category
Physical fitness
Pages
221
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Author
Jay Hoffman

Description

Suitable for students in sport and exercise science. This book includes normative data for various aspects of fitness, such as strength, endurance, anaerobic and aerobic capacity, body composition, flexibility, speed and agility. It also looks at health norms to measure cardiovascular values, blood lipids, bone density and energy expenditure.

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