cover image Fitness for Young People: A Flowmotion Book: Strength, Flexibility, and Stamina Through Personal Fitness

Fitness for Young People: A Flowmotion Book: Strength, Flexibility, and Stamina Through Personal Fitness

Simon Frost. Sterling Publishing (NY), $9.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-8069-9373-7

The Flow Motion series of fitness guides for kids uses a sequence of photos that captures the entire flow of movement to teach a sport or exercise. Detailed step-by-step descriptions of how to do each exercise accompany the photos. Flow Motion: Fitness for Young People by Simon Frost teaches exercises designed to increase strength and endurance and improve coordination, including squat thrust push-ups and lunge steps, ball abdominal crunches and more. Skateboarding by Ben Powell illustrates beginner and intermediate tricks plus advanced maneuvers (ghosted type in the design of each spread indicates which section readers are in, for easy browsing), including powerslides, ollies, half-cab kickflips and more. Yoga for Young People by Liz Lark features classic yoga poses like Cat, Downward Dog and Windmill Twist to provide both relaxation and exercise.