Just as a car needs oil and gasoline to make the parts go, the human body needs exercise. Exercise makes us feel better, improves our strength and coordination, increases oxygen flow, and helps to keep us healthy. The human body, just like a car, is made to move. When it doesn't, things start to break down.

This easy-to-use book is a great way to provide students with up-to-date information on the principles of exercise while simultaneously improving their reading comprehension skills. Relevant, high-interest activities follow each reading selection and challenge students to: read for details, make inferences, find the main idea, find facts, summarize data, build vocabulary, draw conclusions, restate information, and make decisions.