Women's Fitness Program Development
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0880119373 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pleased said A really good book. My daughter is expecting her first child. A really good book. My daughter is expecting her first child. I was happy to get this information to her. This book will help her during and after her pregnancy. I may get another one.
In 1979, she founded Dancing Thru Pregnancy® and in 1984 began providing continuing education for professionals working in pre- and postnatal health and fitness. Ann received her BA in theater from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, and her MA in dance from UCLA, taught at Arizona State University
Cowlin also includes insightful ideas for working with pregnant and parenting adolescent girls. It is a practical resource for instructors, trainers, health care providers—any professional working with girls and women in a health and fitness setting. Each section defines terminology; suggests how to set goals and priorities; and provides appropriate exercise components, prescriptions, modifications, and program evaluation strategies. She addresses approaches for dealing with physical conditions resulting from pregnancy, birth, and the extended postpartum period; and she offers sample group fitness sessions for midlife women.. Women's Fitness Program Development introduces a groundbreaking model for women's health and fitness.- Build a solid theoretical basis for girls' and women's health and fitness programming.- Develop programs that take into account how females see the world.- Find touchstones that motivate c
A former professional dancer, she has taught both ballet and modern dance at Yale as well as developed a course for the college seminar program, titled ""Movement and Mind."" She danced with the Westchester (New York) Ballet Company, Pasadena Ballet Theater, Mesa Civic Ballet, and the Image Guild integrated arts company. She is the author of ""Women and Exercise"" in Varney's Midwifery; is a certified childbirth educator, has spoken at many national conferences on the topic of women and exercise; and has produced women's fitness programs for corporations, health departments, schools, and the U.S. Army." . About the Author "Ann Cowlin is a dance and movement specialist in the athletic department at Yale University and assistant clinical professor at the Yale University School of Nursing. She has performed in works by a number of modern dance choreographers and appeared on the NBC Today show as well as other televisi