Instant Notes in Sport and Exercise Physiology

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
A1 EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY......Page 12
A2 FORCE, WORK AND POWER......Page 14
A3 WORK AND POWER PERFORMED ON THE CYCLE ERGOMETER AND TREADMILL......Page 16
A4 ESTIMATION AND MEASUREMENT OF ENERGY EXPENDITURE......Page 18
B1 ENERGY SOURCES AND EXERCISE......Page 22
B2 RATES OF ENERGY PRODUCTION......Page 28
B3 ENERGY STORES......Page 31
B4 CONTROL OF ENERGY SOURCES......Page 34
B5 ENERGY FOR EXERCISE OF VARYING INTENSITIES......Page 38
B6 RESPONSES TO TRAINING......Page 43
C1 MUSCLE STRUCTURE......Page 46
C2 MOTOR-NEURAL CONTROL OF CONTRACTION AND RELAXATION......Page 49
C3 FORCE –VELOCITY AND LENGTH –TENSION CHARACTERISTICS......Page 58
C4 FIBER TYPES......Page 61
C5 ADAPTATIONS TO TRAINING......Page 63
D1 PULMONARY STRUCTURE AND VOLUMES......Page 68
D2 PULMONARY FUNCTION AND CONTROL......Page 73
D3 PULMONARY RESPONSES TO EXERCISE......Page 78
D4 PULMONARY RESPONSES TO TRAINING......Page 83
E1 CARDIOVASCULAR STRUCTURE......Page 86
E2 CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION AND CONTROL......Page 91
E3 CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO EXERCISE......Page 97
E4 CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO TRAINING......Page 102
F1 THE NEURAL SYSTEM......Page 106
F2 THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM......Page 112
G1 FATIGUE AND ERGOGENIC AIDS......Page 118
G2 MACRONUTRIENTS......Page 121
G3 FLUIDS......Page 127
G4 NUTRITIONAL ERGOGENIC AIDS......Page 131
H1 TRAINING PRINCIPLES......Page 140
H2 TRAINING FOR AEROBIC POWER......Page 145
H3 TRAINING FOR ANAEROBIC POWER......Page 148
H4 TRAINING FOR STRENGTH AND POWER......Page 149
H5 TRAINING FOR FLEXIBILITY......Page 152
I1 THERMOREGULATION......Page 154
I2 EXERCISE IN HOT AND HUMID ENVIRONMENTS......Page 159
I3 EXERCISE IN COLD ENVIRONMENTS......Page 165
I4 EXERCISE AT ALTITUDE......Page 168
I5 EXERCISE UNDERWATER......Page 174
I6 JET LAG AND EXERCISE......Page 178
J1 ENERGY BALANCE......Page 182
J2 BODY COMPOSITION......Page 189
J3 CHANGING BODY MASS AND BODY FAT......Page 194
K1 EXERCISE, FITNESS AND HEALTH......Page 198
K2 PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF EXERCISE......Page 202
K3 EXERCISE AND DISEASE......Page 203
L1 SCREENING AND EXERCISE TESTING......Page 206
L2 GUIDELINES FOR EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION......Page 213
L3 SPECIAL POPULATIONS......Page 217
FURTHER READING......Page 222
INDEX......Page 226