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Exercise physiology for health, fitness, and performance /

By: Plowman, Sharon A.
Contributor(s): Smith, Denise L.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, 2014Edition: 4th ed.Description: xviii, 734 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781451176117; 9781451176117:; 1451176112.Subject(s): Exercise -- Physiological aspects -- Textbooks | Exercise -- Physiological aspectsDDC classification: 612.044
Contents:
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 relationship to health -- 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 -- Neurohormonal control of exercise -- The immune system, exercise, training, and illness.
Summary: Updated for its fourth 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.
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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 relationship to health -- 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 -- Neurohormonal control of exercise -- The immune system, exercise, training, and illness.

Updated for its fourth 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.

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