Nutrition and the strength athlete /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, Fla. :
CRC Press,
[2001]
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| Series: | Nutrition in exercise and sport.
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Table of Contents:
- Basic principles of resistance training
- General nutritional considerations for strength athletes
- Energy-yielding nutrients for the resistive-trained athlete
- Vitamin and mineral considerations for strength training
- Trace minerals
- Dietary supplements and strength-trained athletes
- Overview of anabolic/androgenic hormones and strength
- Creatine supplementation and the strength athlete
- Supporting the immune system : nutritional considerations for the strength athlete
- Hydration and the strength athlete
- Nutritional concerns of women who resistance train
- Nutritional concerns of strength athletes with an emphasis on tennis