Title:
Exercise physiology for health, fitness, and performance / Sharon A. Plowman, Denise L. Smith.
Main Entry:
Plowman, Sharon A.
Smith, Denise L.
Publisher:
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Publication Date:
c2011.
Publication Place:
Philadelphia :
ISBN:
9780781779760 (hbk.)
0781779766 (hbk.)
Subject:
Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
Edition:
3rd ed.
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 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.
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