MLL 90-10; CRN 5313
3 Credits
TR 9:20-10:35
Professor Linda Lefkowitz and Doug Strange
In this class you will explore the connection between physical well-being and
mental acuity in your very first semester at Lehigh! Learn the guiding
principles of effective exercise, nutrition, and stress management.
Exploration will include theory and practice of the main fitness components,
current market diet analysis, web-based diet tracking, and stress reduction
techniques. Additional objectives of this course are to gain an
understanding of the power of personal choice and self-acceptance that will be
a lifetime guiding principle. By the conclusion of the course you will be
able to set realistic goals and develop the pattern of discipline that will
inevitably influence your academic success at Lehigh and beyond!
Course materials
Text: Kelli McCormack Brown, et.al. Physical Activity and Health: an
interactive approach. Sudbury,
Mass: Jones and Bartlett, 2002.
Professor Lefkowitz has a Ph.D. in Spanish language and literature from
Princeton University, and has been teaching at Lehigh for 30 years. When she is
not researching the latest fad diet, munching on raw vegetables or lifting in
the Taylor gym fitness center, she teaches courses on Don Quijote, Practical
Business Spanish, and Post Spanish Civil War literature and film. She also
directs Study Abroad programs in Spain. With this new seminar, she wishes
to share her enthusiasm for a healthy life-style with incoming (Fresh) men and
women.
Doug Strange has been the Director of Fitness and Recreation at Lehigh University
for 13 years. He manages the on campus fitness and recreational
facilities and activities and is the central coordinator for strength and
conditioning programs for Lehigh's varsity athletics teams. He holds a
Masters degree in Exercise Science and is a certified Health and Fitness
Instructor (ACSM), Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Personal Trainer
(NSCA), and a USA Weightlifting Club Coach. He currently teaches Lifetime
Fitness and Wellness and provides seminars on and off campus in areas of
health, fitness, strength training and conditioning.