
General Procedures for Testing and Evaluating Physical Fitness
The most common way of using the BPFT is for testers to adopt the parameters... Read More

Youngsters With Intellectual Disability and Mild Limitations in Physical...
Health-related needs and concerns of youngsters with intellectual disability and mild limitations in physical fitness... Read More

Testing a bench press
This test item and its procedures were modified from Johnson and Lavay (1989). In it,... Read More

Stretching your quadriceps, hip flexors, and adductors
Runners cannot avoid working their quadriceps and hip flexors (the muscles in front of the... Read More

Cross country racing develops your body physically and mentally
Often on the roads you see runners who are barely moving their arms at all.... Read More

A State of Grace
In running, as with most sports, craft and hard work can take you a long... Read More

Proper Form and Technique
Throughout the exercise section of this book you will notice instructions that relate to posture,... Read More

Hamstring and Posterior Chain Exercises
The hamstrings are hard to see, which leads to an “out of sight, out of... Read More

Noninvasive methods of examining muscle architecture and quality
A relatively new noninvasive method to investigate changes in muscle architecture is becoming popular. The... Read More