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A Wellness Way of Life, 5/e
Gwen Robbins, Ball State University
Debbie Powers, Ball State University
Sharon Burgess, Ball State University


Feature Summary

  • Focuses on developing a lifetime plan for wellness helping students to identify behavior changes that can be easily incorporated into daily living.
  • Includes information on lifetime activities to help students discover their own strategies for an active life.
  • Helps students get started exercising by packaging free with new texts a Theraband Exercise band. The back cover includes a suggested exercise program, which is perforated for easy removal.
  • Includes an extensive On-line Learning Center providing additional content and tied to the Fitness & Wellness super site.
  • Includes Lab Activities conveniently found at the end of each chapter.
  • Weaves Prochaska et al's behavioral change strategy throughout the text enabling students to use a concrete model to identify their current stages of change and decide what they can do to progress to the next level.
  • Provides pull-out exercise routines for flexibility series, free weight series and healthy back.