Exercise physiology for health, fitness, and performance /
Exercise physiology
Sharon A. Plowman, Denise L. Smith
- 2nd ed. reprint.
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008
- xix, 636 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
This book includes online access at http://thepoint.lww.com/Plowman
The warm-up -- Neuroendocrine control of exercise -- 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 -- The immune system, exercise, training, and illness -- Skeletal system -- Skeletal muscle system -- Muscular contraction and movement -- Muscular training principles and adaptations -- Neural aspects of movement