| Description |
xviii, 734 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
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Exercise -- Physiological aspects -- Textbooks.
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Exercise -- physiology.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Smith, Denise L.
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| LC no. |
2012038286 |
| ISBN |
9781451176117 |
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1451176112 |
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