Presents an introduction to Pilates and aids in the development of a personal fitness program with routines that focus on core stability, the back, arms and legs, and more.
Experiments and activities help students learn how the human body stays fit, describing how the muscles, heart, sweat glands, and other systems work together to help people stay healthy.
Photographs and text demonstrate the different workout techniques used by the United States Navy SEALs; includes sections on stretching, upper body workouts, lower body workouts, swimming, and running.
A skill-building reader published to coincide with the Olympics finds Hefty Smurf organizing the first-ever Smurf Championship Games to raise awareness about exercise, a competition that concerns an insecure Weakling Smurf.