GALILEO Open Learning Materials

Title

Walking and Jogging for Fitness

Authors

Scott Flynn, Georgia Highlands CollegeFollow
Lisa Jellum, Georgia Highlands CollegeFollow
Jonathan Howard, Georgia Highlands CollegeFollow
Althea Moser, Georgia Highlands CollegeFollow
David Mathis, Georgia Highlands CollegeFollow
Christin Collins, Georgia Highlands CollegeFollow
Sharryse Henderson, Georgia Highlands CollegeFollow
Connie Watjen, Georgia Highlands CollegeFollow

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Description

This open textbook for Walking and Jogging for Fitness at Georgia Highlands College was created through a Round Seven ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. Topics covered include:

1. Benefits of Walking and Jogging for Exercise
2. Getting Started in a Walking and Jogging Program
3. Adaptations to Stress
4. Technique: The Art of Walking and Jogging
5. Nutrition and Energy Requirements
6. Injuries and Injury Prevention
7. Appendix on Flexibility

This open textbook is also available through LibGuides at http://getlibraryhelp.highlands.edu/PHED1130.

Accessible files with optical character recognition (OCR) and auto-tagging provided by the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation.

Course Title

Walking and Jogging for Fitness

Course Number

PHED 1130

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.

Publication Date

Spring 2018

Publisher

University System of Georgia

Recommended Citation

Flynn, Scott; Jellum, Lisa; Howard, Jonathan; Moser, Althea; Mathis, David; Collins, Christin; Henderson, Sharryse; and Watjen, Connie, "Walking and Jogging for Fitness" (2018). Nursing and Health Sciences Open Textbooks. 3.
https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/health-textbooks/3