As found in Scholastic Coach - Ken Mannie, Michigan State University Head Strength Coach
Book report: An outstanding educational piece on youth fitness – According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (Hedley, A.A., et al, JAMA, 2004), childhood obesity has tripled to a prevalence of greater than 15% in the past few decades. This dilemma is due, in large part, to poor lifestyle choices that include decreased physical activity, an increase in “sedentary entertainment” (i.e., video games and inordinate hours of television viewing) and the ubiquitous fast food market. The exponential result of this “eat more, move less” mentality is that approximately one in seven children and adolescents in the U.S. suffer from overweight issues or obesity.
Enter a new text entitled Youth Fitness: An Action Plan for Shaping America’s Kids written by two experts (and fathers of young children) with decades of experience and highly-respected acumen in the strength and fitness field, Matt Brzycki and Fred Fornicola. This book is an extremely well-written, easy to follow, and comprehensive training guide earmarked specifically for children and adolescents. The chapters within cover a wide-range of current topics including a well-formatted explanation of the working musculature, proper flexibility mechanics, aerobic fitness, key strength training principles, the use of non-traditional training implements, developing healthy dietary habits, and designing and administering fitness tests.
I highly recommend this timely youth fitness guide and labor of love to everyone who works with young people in the physical education and sports arenas, as well as to parents who want to foster healthy lifestyle behaviors in their children. You can find it at www.amazon.com.
Ken Mannie (mannie@ath.msu.edu)
Friday, November 28, 2008
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