Exercise physiology for health, fitness, and performance / Sharon A. Plowman, Denise L. Smith
Imprint
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, 2014
Edition
4th edition
Descript
xviii, 734 pages : color illustrations, charts ; 28 cm
CONTENT
The warm-up -- (Metabolic system unit) -- 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 -- (Cardiovascular-respiratory system unit) -- 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 -- (Neuromuscular-skeletal system unit) -- Skeletal system -- Skeletal muscle system -- Muscular contraction and movement -- Muscular training principles and adaptations -- Neuromuscular aspects of movement -- (Neuroendocrine-Immune system unit) -- Neurohormonal control of exercise -- The immune system, exercise, training, and illness