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McNeill, Debbie – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2016
Traditionally, the image of how people should look is in the process of changing. People are changing their views of what is healthy. Ideas are changing about what "healthy" looks like and are incorporating technology to manage health goals. The author makes it a point to maintain healthy food choices and healthy activities that will…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Physical Activity Level, Eating Habits, Physical Health
Lee, Victor R.; Drake, Joel – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2013
The introduction of sensor technologies to sports has allowed athletes to quantify and track their performance, adding an information-based layer to athletic practices. This information layer is particularly prevalent in practices involving formal competition and high levels of physical endurance, such as biking and running. We interviewed 20…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Data, Data Collection, Athletics
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Cinque, Chris – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1987
No formal research has been conducted on the training effects and injury risks of all-terrain bicycles in mountain biking, but experience indicates they are apparently safe and may provide greater fitness benefits than traditional bicycles. The bicycles are described, and their apparent benefits are discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: Athletic Equipment, Bicycling, Outdoor Activities, Physical Fitness
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Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1975
This round-table discussion focuses on the pros and cons of biking as a means to physical fitness and offers practical tips for beginning cyclists. (JS)
Descriptors: Bicycling, Exercise (Physiology), Physical Activities, Physical Fitness
Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1999
Children who hate gym grow into adults who associate physical activity with ridicule and humiliation. Physical education is reinventing itself, stressing enjoyable activities that continue into adulthood: aerobic dance, weight training, fitness walking, mountain biking, hiking, inline skating, karate, rock-climbing, and canoeing. Cooperative,…
Descriptors: Aerobics, Cooperative Learning, Dance, Educational Change
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (DHHS/CDC), Atlanta, GA. – 2000
This guide encourages people to create safe walking and biking routes to school, promoting four issues: physically active travel, safe and walkable routes to school, crime prevention, and health environments. The chapters include: "KidsWalk-to-School: A Guide to Promote Walking to School" (Is there a solution? Why is walking to school important?…
Descriptors: Bicycling, Child Health, Child Safety, Crime Prevention
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2005
What can be done to support fitness and physical activity? Schools can guide students in developing life-long habits of participating in physical activities. According to the National Association for Sports and Physical Education, the concepts of physical fitness activities and physical education are used synonymously, however, they are not the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Health Promotion
Rohnke, Karl – 1977
The product of a 3,355 mile bicycle trip involving a co-ed group of teenagers and a leader (N=12), this guide to bike riding trips presents practical and philosophical insights gained by the Project Adventure leader who conducted the trip. Detailed lists of pre- and on-trip requirements are presented. Specifically, there are sections devoted to…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Bicycling, Camping, Clothing