In 1956, Dwight D. Eisenhower formed thevPresident’s Council on Youth Fitness,after learning that 59% of American children had failed a minimum muscular fitness test. In 1967 an Oregon track coach named Bill Bowerman wrote a book called Jogging that ignited the running craze. A year later Air Force physician Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper fired a fitness shot heard ’round the world with the release of his book, Aerobics.
So why is it that 30 years later, so many Americans, both young and old, are still so overweight and out-of-shape? Why are so many people still smoking? Why are heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure and other lifestyle-related diseases still claiming so many lives? Despite years of education and volumes of literature written on the benefits of physical fitness, why are we still a nation of couch potatoes? Total Health:Becoming Physically Fitis a three-part video series that encourages students to take charge of their bodies and their health. In simple and easy-to-understand language, the video and print materials demonstrate exactly what defines physical fitness and how important it is to not only achieve it, but sustain it. The series embraces a “back to the basics” formula for fitness with an emphasis on flexibility, strength, and endurance. Using common-sense principles, the series teaches students how to assess their current physical condition, how to improve their own overall physical fitness, and explains why it’s so important that they do so.
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So why is it that 30 years later, so many Americans, both young and old, are still so overweight and out-of-shape? Why are so many people still smoking? Why are heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure and other lifestyle-related diseases still claiming so many lives? Despite years of education and volumes of literature written on the benefits of physical fitness, why are we still a nation of couch potatoes? Total Health:Becoming Physically Fitis a three-part video series that encourages students to take charge of their bodies and their health. In simple and easy-to-understand language, the video and print materials demonstrate exactly what defines physical fitness and how important it is to not only achieve it, but sustain it. The series embraces a “back to the basics” formula for fitness with an emphasis on flexibility, strength, and endurance. Using common-sense principles, the series teaches students how to assess their current physical condition, how to improve their own overall physical fitness, and explains why it’s so important that they do so.
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