Exercise Physiology for Health & Sports Performance
By Nick Draper & Helen Marshall
February 2013
Pearson Education
Distrubuted by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
ISBN: 9780273778721
552 pages
, Illustrated
$87.50 Paper Original
Exercise Physiology for Health and Sports Performancebrings together all the essential human anatomy and applied physiology that students of exercise science, physical education and sports coaching need to know.
Written in a friendly, accessible style and containing a wide range of features to help develop understanding, this book provides a complete one-stop-shop for exercise physiology.
Unlike other texts, this book is split into two key parts: the first introduces the fundamental principles of nutrition, biochemistry, cell biology, and the control, movement and transport energy systems; the second builds on this foundation by applying the theory to exercise and sports performance in practice. With this innovative approach, the text enables students to become confident in their understanding of energy generation and training principles for all sports of varying intensities and durations.
Also covers exercise in extreme environments and the applications of physical activities for health. This is the only exercise physiology textbook students will need!
Contents:
Author Acknowledgements
Preface
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGYChapter 1: Exercise physiology, sport and pedagogy: An historical perspective
Chapter 2: Nutrition for health and sports performance
Chapter 3: From cells to systems
Chapter 4: The control systems: nervous and endocrine
Chapter 5: The movement systems: skeletal and muscular
Chapter 6: The transport and exchange systems: respiratory and cardiovascular
Chapter 7: Physical and functional growth and development
PART II: APPLIED EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 8: General concepts for applied exercise physiology
Chapter 9: Power and power endurance: The explosive sports
Chapter 10: Anaerobic endurance: The speed endurance sports
Chapter 11: High intensity aerobic endurance sports
Chapter 12: Lower intensity aerobic endurance sports
Chapter 13: Intermittent sports
Chapter 14: Applied exercise physiology and health
Chapter 15: Applied exercise physiology and the environment
Appendix A: Movement terms
Appendix B: Gas conversion correction table
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
References
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