Exercise physiology for health, fitness, and performance /

Plowman, Sharon A.

Exercise physiology for health, fitness, and performance / Sharon A. Plowman, Denise L. Smith. - 4th ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, c2014. - xviii, 734 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

9781451176117

2012038286


Exercise--physiology.

QP301 / .P56 2014

612.044 / PSE

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