Play on : the new science of elite performance at any age /
A lively, thoroughly researched tour of the latest in fitness science and technology, and the strategies of elite and amateur athletes who are performing at peak levels for decades longer than before.
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Racing against time : the physiology of the aging athlete
- Fresh is the new fit : a better way to think about conditioning
- Wrestling with giants : the surprising benefits of cross-training
- Trick the mind, train the body : how technology makes workouts smarter
- Ferraris and Toyotas : the science of efficient, injury-free movement
- The destiny in your cells : what genes have to say about finishing strong
- Consistency is a talent : the psychology of athletes who get better with age
- Slow is fast : strategy, complexity and the advantages of experience
- Careful what you swallow : the fads and the facts of career-extending nutrition
- The workout after the workout : why older athletes are behind recovery revolution
- Repair, replace, rejuvenate : sports surgery and the outer limits of human longevity.