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Discover why 12 million people in the U.S. participate in step aerobics Fitness Stepping presents 60 workouts and explains how to create aneffective and fun step-exercise program you can do in a group, at a club, or inyour own home.
Master instructor, Debi Pillarella--owner of BodyWorks, Inc., and star of manyfitness videos--and exercise physiologist and personal trainer, Scott Roberts,lead you every step of the way.
In Part I readers learn the benefits of stepping. Then they discover how toassess their fitness levels, perfect their techniques for safe and effectiveworkouts, warm up and cool down properly, and choose appropriate shoes,clothing, and equipment.
Part II features 60 proven step workouts that vary in intensity: Workouts are evenly distributed across six color-coded zones and vary accordingto level of difficulty--green workouts are the easiest, red workouts are themost advanced and challenging. Each zone has a variety of workouts based onperformance category: Easy Stepping, Moderate Stepping, and Intense Stepping. Asyour goals change and fitness level improves, you can easily move to higherzones and more challenging performance categories.
Part III shows you how to put it all together to organize a program thatsjust right for you. It includes sample programs to get you going and informationon how to chart your progress toward your fitness goals.
Fitness Stepping is a great step toward a firmer, fitter you.
About the Author
Debi Pillarella, MEd, is the owner of BodyWorks, Inc., and consultant toa number of fitness and health programs. She is also the program developer for FIRST. (Fitness Instructor Resource School and Training). A fitness professionalsince 1980, Debi has focused on teaching step aerobics since 1989. She haschoreographed and starred in numerous videos on step exercise, including BodyWorks Step Right Up, which she also directed and produced, as well as StepRight Up, and Shape magazines Totally Legs and Legs, Legs, Legs.
Debi has received numerous awards in her field. In 1985 she was recognized bothas a Certified Fitness Professional by the Aerobics and Fitness Association ofAmerica (AFAA) and as a Gold Certified Fitness Professional by the AmericanCouncil on Exercise. In 1990, she received an award of excellence for the videoEnergy Explosion from the AFAA. In 1993, she was awarded the Certificate ofMerit for Fitness Programming by Fitness Management magazine. And, in1996, she was honored for her educational expertise in Whos Who in AmericanEducation.
Recognized by IDEA as a three-star presenter, Debi travels extensively to trainfitness instructors and conduct seminars and workshops on step exercise. Mostrecently, she coordinated IDEAs new Becoming a Group Exercise Leader Program,of which step exercise is a major part.
Debi is the author of several articles on fitness, including her contribution toAFAAs official text, Fitness Theory and Practice, a guide to groupexercise programs used by more than 20,000 fitness instructors.
Debi is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and IDEA, theAssociation for Fitness Professionals. In addition, she is on the advisory boardof ACE Certified News, a publication of the American Council on Exercise. Shelives in Chicago, Illinois, with her husband, Jim, and their son, Joseph, andenjoys walking, running, strength training, computers, and reading in her sparetime.
Scott O. Roberts, PhD, a fitness expert and personal trainer, has beeninvolved in the fitness and exercise field since 1986. Scotts work has beenrecognized by Fitness Management magazine and Whos Who in AmericanEducation.
Scott earned a BS from California State University at Chico, an MS in exercisephysiology from CSU at Sacramento, and recently completed his PhD in exercisephysiology. He has served as a member of the ACE committees for PersonalTraining and Aerobic Dance Exercise.
Roberts is the author of several books and articles on fitness training,including The Business of Personal Training, Strength and Weight Training forYoung Athletes, and Fitness Walking and Exercise Physiology: Exercise,Performance and Clinical Applications. He also has contributed chapters toboth the ACE Personal Trainer and Aerobic Dance Instructor manuals, as well as for the AFAA Fitness Instructor Manual.
Scott enjoys exercise, music, and spending time with his wife, Julia, and theirthree children, Andrew, Daniel, and Michael, in Lubbock, Texas.
Table of Contents
Part I: Preparing to Step
Chapter 1. Step Aerobics for Fitness
Chapter 2. Getting Equipped
Chapter 3. Assessing Your Readiness to Begin
Chapter 4. Stepping the Right Way
Chapter 5. Warming Up and Cooling Down
Part II: Step Workout Zones
Chapter 6. Green Zone
Chapter 7. Blue Zone
Chapter 8. Purple Zone
Chapter 9. Yellow Zone
Chapter 10. Orange Zone
Chapter 11. Red Zone
Part III: Training by the Workout Zones
Chapter 12. Setting Up Your Personal Program
Chapter 13. Sample Stepping Programs
Chapter 14. Charting Your Progress
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