Essentials of exercise physiology /
"This is a textbook for undergraduate Exercise Physiology courses"--Provided by publisher.
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Philadelphia :
Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health,
2011.
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
- 1. Origins of Exercise Physiology: Foundations for the Field of Study
- SECTION II NUTRITION AND ENERGY
- 2. Macronutrients and Micronutrients
- 3. Food Energy and Optimum Nutrition for Exercise
- 4. Nutritional and Pharmacologic Aids to Performance
- SECTION III ENERGY TRANSFER
- 5. Fundamentals of Human Energy Transfer
- 6. Human Energy Transfer During Exercise
- 7. Measuring and Evaluating Human Energy-Generating Capacities During Exercise
- 8. Energy Expenditure During Rest and Physical Activity
- SECTION IV PHYSIOLOGIC SUPPORT SYSTEMS
- 9. Pulmonary System and Exercise
- 10. Cardiovascular System and Exercise
- 11. Neuromuscular System and Exercise
- 12. Hormones, Exercise, and Training
- SECTION V EXERCISE TRAINING AND ADAPTATIONS
- 13. Training the Anaerobic and Aerobic Energy Systems
- 14. Training Muscles to Become Stronger
- 15. Factors Affecting Physiologic Function: The Environment and Special Aids to Performance
- SECTION VI OPTIMIZING BODY COMPOSITION, SUCCESSFUL AGING, AND HEALTH-RELATED EXERCISE BENEFITS
- 16. Body Composition, Obesity, and Weight Control
- 17. Physical Activity, Exercise, Successful Aging, and Disease Prevention
- 18. Clinical Aspects of Exercise Physiology
- Appendix
- A. Metric System and Conversion Constants in Exercise Physiology
- B. Metabolic Computations in Open-Circuit Spirometry
- C. Evaluation of Body Composition
- -Girth Method
- D. Evaluation of Body Composition
- -Skinfold Method.