This book revisits the definition of extreme sports and adopts a broad hermeneutic phenomenological approach to critique the relationship to risk-taking, the death wish and the concept of ‘no fear’ in extreme sports, and repositions the experience in a previously unexplored manner.
Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this book examines how social determinants such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability can impact on physical activity and its associated health outcomes.
Physical Activity, Health and Emerging Technologies explores how technology is reshaping the way we approach fitness and health. Regular physical activity is essential for preventing chronic diseases, improving mental health, and enhancing overall well-being, yet many individuals remain inactive.
Physical Activity, Health and Emerging Technologies explores how technology is reshaping the way we approach fitness and health. Regular physical activity is essential for preventing chronic diseases, improving mental health, and enhancing overall well-being, yet many individuals remain inactive.
This text brings together reviews of issues in the relationship between physical activity, fitness and depression, stimulating individual reflection and including debate on research, methodologies, and applied practices. This book helps the reader understand depression as a disease and the other health problems associated with it.
This text brings together reviews of issues in the relationship between physical activity, fitness and depression, stimulating individual reflection and including debate on research, methodologies, and applied practices. This book helps the reader understand depression as a disease and the other health problems associated with it.
The ultimate keepsake for every pickleball fan-from a dink shot to the kitchen, everything a pickleballer needs to know in this fully illustrated guide to the world's greatest recreational sport, packed with lots of joy, good humor, and even a little bit of wisdom. Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America.