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    GALILEO, University System of Georgia

    GALILEO Open Learning Materials

    Nursing and Health Sciences Open Textbooks   Nursing and Health Sciences

    Spring 2018

    Walking and Jogging for Fitness

    Scott Flynn

    Georgia Highlands College, sflynn@highlands.edu Lisa Jellum

    Georgia Highlands College, ljellum@highlands.edu Jonathan Howard

    Georgia Highlands College, jhoward@highlands.edu Althea Moser

    Georgia Highlands College, amoser@highlands.edu David Mathis

    Georgia Highlands College, dmathis@highlands.edu See next page for additional authors

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    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-textbooksZ3

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    Authors

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

    This open textbook is available at GALILEO Open Learning Materials: https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/health-textbooks73


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    Walking and Jogging for Fitness

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    Walking and Jogging for Fitness

    Scott Flynn, Lisa Jellum, Althea Moser, Jonathan Howard, Sharryse Henderson, Christin Collins, Amanda West, and David Mathis

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