Get Fit, Stay Well! Brief Edition, 4th edition

For courses in Fitness and Wellness.

Helping students find the path to lifelong fitness

Get Fit, Stay Well! gives students the targeted, personalized guidance they need to get started, keep motivated, and approach the next level in their own fitness and wellness. With dynamic media and content that activates learning, Get Fit, Stay Well! takes a personalized approach to fitness and wellness that students can apply for life. Maintaining the highly praised hallmarks of previous editions--integrated case studies, three-pronged labs, graphics-rich design, and extensive strength training and flexibility photos and videos--the 4th Edition further engages students with new and vibrant infographics, programs, and activities to inspire thinking and discussion. Get Fit, Stay Well! also includes Mastering™ Health--helping instructors track and assess student progress, while giving students the tools they need to adopt healthy habits today and tomorrow.

The Brief Edition contains chapters 1-10 of the "full edition" of Get Fit, Stay Well!, with a focus on fitness topics, nutrition, weight, stress, and preventing cardiovascular disease.

Also available as a Pearson eText or packaged with Mastering Health

Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience that can be adopted on its own as the main course material. It lets students highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place, even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class – motivating them to keep reading, and keep learning. Learn more about Pearson eText.

Mastering™ is the teaching and learning platform that empowers you to reach every student. By combining trusted author content with digital tools developed to engage students and emulate the office-hour experience, Mastering personalizes learning and improves results for each student. With a variety  of activities available, students can actively learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult personal health and fitness concepts. Learn more about Mastering Health.

Activate learning with real-world fitness and wellness topics

• The most modern strength training presentation available includes photos and videos of over 80 strength-training and flexibility exercises featuring actual college students, modern gym equipment, and options for students with limited access to equipment. Exercises are organized by muscles worked so that students can make apples-to-apples comparisons and determine which version of an exercise is the most appropriate for their individual needs. Exercises are also accompanied by orientation diagrams, so that students have a clear idea of which muscles they are working.
• Diversity boxes address topics relevant to diverse student populations, acknowledging that age, race, gender, disability, and individual life circumstances can result in specific fitness and wellness needs.
• Encourage Behavior Change
• A strong emphasis is placed on behavior change throughout the text:
• Try It! sections within most feature boxes provide suggestions for immediate action;
• Tools for Change boxes provide tools for longer-term change; and
• Plan for Change labs ask students to write out an action plan for behavior change.
• Apply It!/Try It! Timeline Tips offer coaching suggestions for behavior change. The timelines give students sample goals to integrate into their lives step-by-step.
• NEW! Putting It All Together: Your Total Fitness Program builds on the fitness principles students learn in Chapters 1 through 5. It helps students to create an overall comprehensive fitness program that both incorporates the elements of fitness concepts discussed in the book and allows the implementation of change immediately.
• UPDATED! Integrated Labs and Programs. Where relevant, when students assess themselves in an end-of-chapter lab or a chapter exercise, the authors guide them to their appropriate starting level in the Activate, Motivate, and Advance Programs on yoga, running, flexibility, and meditation. This gives students the ability to do the lab activity in class and then enhance their own lifelong wellness by implementing the program on a daily basis at the appropriate starting level. Students can select their program, track their progress, and access related tips on their mobile phone.
• Unique Case Studies presented in each chapter introduce a character who reflects the concerns, questions, and thought processes that students are likely to have themselves. Apply It! and Try It! sections at the end of the case studies encourage critical thinking and help students take action to apply healthy behavior changes to their own lives.
• More than 80 videos of strength-training and flexibility exercises are available. Students can access additional instruction on their own time and have the ability to exercise from the comfort of their home.
• Labs employ a unique three-pronged approach. The book includes three types of labs: 1) skill-acquisition labs, 2) self-assessment labs, and 3) action-plan labs. The labs not only measure a student's current level of fitness and wellness, but also teach practical lifelong skills and encourage real behavior change. All labs are also assignable online in an interactive PDF format.
• QR codes placed near pertinent content make fitness mobile. Students can scan the QR code with a reader on a smartphone or a tablet, and the device loads up the exercise video, bringing the content to life.

Keep students motivated

• NEW! Study Plan tied to Learning Outcomes. Numbered learning outcomes now introduce every chapter and are tied directly to chapter sections, giving students a roadmap for their reading. Each chapter concludes with a Study Plan, which includes new summary points of the chapter and provides review questions and critical thinking questions to check understanding, both tied to the chapter’s learning outcomes and assignable in Mastering™ Health. Also an UPDATED! and NEW! GetFitGraphic infographic in every chapter presents a thought-provoking topic in a visually stunning presentation. GetFitGraphics help students understand information effectively and provide a jumping off point for instructors to stimulate classroom discussions. For the 4th Edition, selected infographics have been streamlined and updated with the latest information and data. New GetFitGraphics are also included in Chapters 1 and 2.
• Reflection Questions appear at the end of the labs, asking students to reflect on the choices they made or their results from the assessments.
• Q&A boxes investigate common questions and concerns students may have in relation to chapter topics.
• A pre- and post-course progress worksheet included at the beginning of the book and online allows students to assess their progress on key fitness and wellness assessments.
• UPDATED! The vibrant design and visual presentation of content has been fine tuned. This includes making headings more visible, integrating learning outcomes into the material, and pulling out references—all to enhance navigation and visual appeal.

Also available as a Pearson eText or packaged with Mastering Health

Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience that can be adopted on its own as the main course material. It lets students highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place, even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class – motivating them to keep reading, and keep learning. Learn more about Pearson eText.

Mastering™ is the teaching and learning platform that empowers you to reach every student. By combining trusted author content with digital tools developed to engage students and emulate the office-hour experience, Mastering personalizes learning and improves results for each student. With a variety of activities available, students can actively learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult personal health and fitness concepts. Learn more about Mastering Health.

• NEW! Interactive Behavior Change Activities: Which Path Would You Take? have students explore various health choices through an engaging, interactive, low-stakes, and anonymous experience. These assignable activities show students the possible consequences of various choices they make today on their future health.
• NEW! Study Plans Items tie all end-of-chapter material (including chapter reviews, summary points, and review questions) to specific numbered Learning Outcomes and Mastering Health assets, promoting students’ mastery of the content.
• NEW! 25 Assignable Labs are now available as auto-graded, assignable labs within Mastering Health, saving instructors time.
• UPDATED! Fitness and Wellness Coaching Activities that guide students through key fitness concepts with interactive mini-lessons.
• UPDATED! ABC News Videos bring health to life and spark discussion with up-to-date hot topics from 2012 to 2015. Activities tied to the videos include multiple-choice questions that provide wrong-answer feedback to redirect students to the correct answer.
• UPDATED! NutriTools Coaching Activities in the nutrition chapter allow students to combine and experiment with different food options and learn firsthand how to build healthier meals.
• MP3s focus on key chapter content and come with new multiple-choice questions that provide wrong-answer feedback.  
• The Study Area is broken down into learning areas and includes the latest videos, MP3s, practice quizzing, labs, and much more.
• UPDATED! Pre-Lecture Reading Quizzes ensure students complete the assigned reading before class and stay on track with reading assignments. Reading Questions have been updated, and are 100% mobile ready so they can be completed by students on mobile devices. They’re also easy-to-customize and assign, saving instructors valuable time.
• Dynamic Study Modules help students study effectively on their own by continuously assessing their activity and performance in real time. Here's how it works: students complete a set of questions with a unique answer format that also asks them to indicate their confidence level. Questions repeat until the student can answer them all correctly and confidently. Once completed, Dynamic Study Modules explain the concept using materials from the text. These are available as graded assignments prior to class, and accessible on smartphones, tablets, and computers. NEW! Instructors can now remove questions from Dynamic Study Modules to better fit their course.
• NEW! Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience available within Mastering. It allows students to easily highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place—even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class.
• Learning Catalytics^™ helps you generate class discussion, customize your lecture, and promote peer-to-peer learning with real-time analytics. As a student response tool, Learning Catalytics uses students’ smartphones, tablets, or laptops to engage them in more interactive tasks and thinking.
• NEW! Upload a full PowerPoint^® deck for easy creation of slide questions
• NEW! Team names are no longer case sensitive
• Help your students develop critical thinking skills
• Monitor responses to find out where your students are struggling
• Rely on real-time data to adjust your teaching strategy
• Automatically group students for discussion, teamwork, and peer-to-peer learning
• Behavior Change Videos are concise whiteboard-style videos that help students with the steps of behavior change, covering topics such as setting SMART goals, identifying and overcoming barriers to change, planning realistic timelines, and more. Additional videos review key fitness concepts such as determining the target heart rate range for exercise. All videos include assessment activities and are assignable in Mastering Health.
• Additional instructor resources--including PowerPoint Lecture Outlines; PowerPoint clicker and Jeopardy-style quiz show questions; and files for illustrations,  tables, and selected photos from the text--further bolster the in-class experience.
• Measuring Student Learning Outcomes? All of the Mastering Health assignable content is tagged to book content and to Bloom’s Taxonomy. Instructors also have the ability to add their own learning outcomes, helping to track student performance against their learning outcomes. Share results quickly and easily by exporting them to a spreadsheet.

Encourage behavior change

• Putting It All Together: Your Total Fitness Program builds on the fitness principles students learn in Chapters 1 through 5. It helps students to create an overall comprehensive fitness program that both incorporates the elements of fitness concepts discussed in the book and allows the implementation of change immediately.
• Integrated Labs and Programs. Where relevant, when students assess themselves in an end-of-chapter lab or a chapter exercise, the authors guide them to their appropriate starting level in the Activate, Motivate, and Advance Programs on yoga, running, flexibility, and meditation. This gives students the ability to do the lab activity in class and then enhance their own lifelong wellness by implementing the program on a daily basis at the appropriate starting level. Students can select their program, track their progress, and access related tips on their mobile phone.

Keep students motivated

• Study Plan tied to Learning Outcomes. Numbered learning outcomes now introduce every chapter and are tied directly to chapter sections, giving students a roadmap for their reading. Each chapter concludes with a Study Plan, which includes new summary points of the chapter and provides review questions and critical thinking questions to check understanding, both tied to the chapter’s learning outcomes and assignable in Mastering™ Health. Also new in the Study Plan is Check Out These eResources—a section pointing students to the most up-to-date online resources relevant to the chapter content.
• A GetFitGraphic infographic in every chapter presents a thought-provoking topic in a visually stunning presentation. GetFitGraphics help students understand information effectively and provide a jumping off point for instructors to stimulate classroom discussions. For the 4th Edition, selected infographics have been streamlined and updated with the latest information and data. New GetFitGraphics are also included in Chapters 1 and 2.
• The vibrant design and visual presentation of content has been fine tuned. This includes making headings more visible, integrating learning outcomes into the material, and pulling out references—all to enhance navigation and visual appeal.

Also available as a Pearson eText of packaged with Mastering Health

• Interactive Behavior Change Activities: Which Path Would You Take? have students explore various health choices through an engaging, interactive, low-stakes, and anonymous experience. These assignable activities show students the possible consequences of various choices they make today on their future health.
• Study Plans Items tie all end-of-chapter material (including chapter reviews, summary points, and review questions) to specific numbered Learning Outcomes and Mastering Health assets, promoting students’ mastery of the content.
• 25 Assignable Labs are now available as auto-graded, assignable labs within Mastering Health, saving instructors time.
• Fitness and Wellness Coaching Activities that guide students through key fitness concepts with interactive mini-lessons.
• ABC News Videos bring health to life and spark discussion with up-to-date hot topics from 2012 to 2015. Activities tied to the videos include multiple-choice questions that provide wrong-answer feedback to redirect students to the correct answer.
• NutriTools Coaching Activities in the nutrition chapter allow students to combine and experiment with different food options and learn firsthand how to build healthier meals.
• Pre-Lecture Reading Quizzes ensure students complete the assigned reading before class and stay on track with reading assignments. Reading Questions have been updated, and are 100% mobile ready so they can be completed by students on mobile devices. They’re also easy-to-customize and assign, saving instructors valuable time.
• Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience available within Mastering. It allows students to easily highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place–even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class.