Full Description
This second edition of Exercise Physiology: For Health and Sports Performance brings together all the essential human anatomy and applied physiology that students of exercise science, physical education, and sports coaching will 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 broken down into three fundamental parts: foundations of exercise physiology, applied exercise physiology, and the new Part 3, exercise prescription.
With Parts 1 and 2 examining the theory, testing, and practical applications of exercise physiology, the new Part 3 reflects the changes in the field by increasing focus on physical activity and diverse populations and helps provides a more complete course text for any exercise physiology course at universities around the world.
This newly revised book is key reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of exercise physiology, sports performance, sports therapy, fitness and personal training, and other related sport science courses.
Contents
PART 1
Foundations of exercise physiology
1 Introduction
2 Nutrition for health and sports performance
3 From cells to systems
4 The control systems: The nervous and endocrine systems
5 The movement systems: Skeletal and muscular
6 The transport systems: The respiratory and cardiovascular systems
PART 2
Essential exercise physiology
7 General concepts for exercise physiology
8 Power and power endurance: The explosive sports
9 Anaerobic endurance: The speed endurance sports
10 High-intensity aerobic endurance sports
11 Lower-intensity aerobic endurance sports
12 Intermittent sports
PART 3
Applied exercise physiology
13 Introduction to exercise programming, conditioning, and strength training
14 Physical activity prescription for people with chronic complex medical diseases - pulmonary, respiratory, cardiac, and circulatory conditions, obesity, and cancer
15 Physical activity prescription for people with chronic complex medical diseases - neurological, musculoskeletal, metabolic, and mental health conditions
16 Applied exercise physiology and the environment
Appendix A: Recommended daily allowances for a range of vitamins
Appendix B: Gas conversion table
Appendix C: Body composition and its analysis
