Exercise physiology for health, fitness, and performance /
By: Plowman, Sharon A.
Contributor(s): Smith, Denise L.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2011Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xviii, 726 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780781779760; 9780781779760:; 0781779766.Subject(s): Exercise -- Physiological aspectsDDC classification: 612.044Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The warm-up -- Energy production -- Anaerobic metabolism during exercise -- Aerobic metabolism during exercise -- Metabolic training principles and adaptations -- Nutrition for fitness and athletics -- Body composition : determination and importance -- Body composition and weight control -- Respiration -- Respiratory exercise response, training adaptations, and special considerations -- The cardiovascular system -- Cardiovascular responses to exercise -- Cardiorespiratory training principles and adaptations -- Thermoregulation -- Cardiovascular disease risk factors and physical activity -- Skeletal system -- Skeletal muscle system -- Muscular contraction and movement -- Muscular training principles and adaptations -- Neuromuscular aspects of movement -- Neuroendocrine control of exercise -- The immune system, exercise, training, and illness.
Updated for its third edition, this undergraduate exercise physiology textbook integrates basic exercise physiology with research studies to stimulate learning, allowing readers to apply principles in the widest variety of exercise and sport science careers.