Exercise physiology : human bioenergetics and its applications /
Considered a standard in the field, this text integrates bioenergetics into every chapter and provides a comprehensive survey of current data and research in exercise physiology.
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Boston :
McGraw-Hill,
[2005]
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Table of Contents:
- The limits of human performance
- Bioenergetics
- The maintenance of ATP homeostasis in energetics and human movement
- Basics of metabolism
- Glycogenolysis and glycolysis in muscle : the cellular degradation of sugar and carbohydrate to pyruvate and lactate
- Cellular oxidation of pyruvate and lactate
- Lipid metabolism
- Metabolism of proteins and amino acids
- Neural-endocrine control of metabolism : blood glucose homeostasis during exercise
- Metabolic response to exercise: lactate metabolism during exercise and recovery, excess postexercise O₂, consumption (EPOC), O₂ deficit, O₂debt, and the "Anaerobic threshold"
- The why of pulmonary ventilation
- The how of ventilation
- Ventilation as a limiting factor in aerobic performance at sea level
- Th heart
- Circulation and its control
- Cardiovascular dynamics during exercise
- Skeletal muscle structure and contractile properties
- Neurons, motor unit recruitment, and integrative control of movement
- Principles of skeletal muscle adaptations
- Muscle strength, power, and flexibility
- Principles of endurance conditioning
- Exercise in the heat and cold
- Exercise, atmospheric pressure, air pollution, and travel
- Cardiovascular diseases and exercise
- Obesity, body composition, and exercise
- Exercise, disease, and disability
- Exercise testing and prescription
- Nutrition and athletic performance
- Ergogenic aids
- Gender differences in physical performance
- Growth and development
- Aging and exercise
- Fatigue during muscular exercise.