CNX 286: Physiology of Sport
Sports are important in many human societies, and substantial time, effort, and money are often expended to improve athletic performance. Students in this course will investigate the physiological systems that affect speed, power, agility, accuracy, and e
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Physiological Aspects of Sport Training and Performance by ISBN: 9780736034241Publication Date: 2002-07-24This new, in-depth sport physiology reference provides a strong introduction to the physiological principles underlying sport training and performance. Plus, it delivers the best guidance available on applying the principles to athletes who are training to improve sport performance.
The knee: Anatomy for problem solving in sports medicine. by ISBN: 9781905539895Publication Date: 2014When examining patients with sports-related and exercise-related injuries, a thorough knowledge of anatomy is vital in order to make an accurate diagnosis and work out an effective treatment plan. In this helpful, practical book, a professional anatomist, an orthopaedic surgeon and a sports physiotherapist have combined their expertise to give a detailed explanation of the structural and functional anatomy of the knee.
Sports Nutrition by ISBN: 9781118692332Publication Date: 2013-09-13It is well understood that proper nutrition has a significant impact on sports performance. All of the essential nutrients must be supplied in the right amounts and at the right times for an athlete to achieve optimal health and performance. In addition, when devising eating strategies that will help athletes meet their goals, sports nutritionists must take account of personal preferences, social and cultural issues, and a whole range of other factors.
Game Changer by ISBN: 9781421421810Publication Date: 2017-06-20We like to think of sports as elemental: strong bodies trained to overcome height, weight, distance; the thrill of earned victory or the agony of defeat in a contest decided on a level playing field. But in Game Changer, Rayvon Fouché argues that sports have been radically shaped by an explosion of scientific and technological advances in materials, training, nutrition, and medicine dedicated to making athletes stronger and faster.
Sport by ISBN: 9780231176767Publication Date: 2016-08-23Sports are as varied as the people who play them. We run, jump, and swim. We kick, hit, and shoot balls. We ride sleds in the snow and surf in the sea. From the Olympians of ancient Greece to today's professional athletes, from adult pickup soccer games to children's gymnastics classes, people at all levels of ability at all times and in all places have engaged in sport. What drives this phenomenon?
Sex Testing by ISBN: 9780252040221Publication Date: 2016-05-30In 1968, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) implemented sex testing for female athletes at that year's Games. When it became clear that testing regimes failed to delineate a sex divide, the IOC began to test for gender --a shift that allowed the organization to control the very idea of womanhood.
Lift by Call Number: GV342.27 .K86 2016 - Shadek-Fackenthal Library Browsing CollectionISBN: 9780062336187Publication Date: 2016-07-05A riveting cultural history of fitness, from Greek antiquity to the era of the “big-box gym” and beyond, exploring the ways in which human exercise and physical ideals have changed over time—and what we can learn from our past.
Swim, Bike, Run, Eat by Call Number: GV1060.73 .H65 2014 - Shadek-Fackenthal Library General CollectionISBN: 9781592336067Publication Date: 2014-08-01It's race day and you have your quick-closure running shoes, sleek suits, bikes, goggles, and watches, but if you haven't been training with the proper nutrition, you'll be left in the dust in the third mile. Enter Swim, Bike, Run--Eat to guide you from day one of training to the finish line and help your body perform at it's peak of fitness.
Exercise Physiology by Call Number: QP301 .M375 2001 - Martin Library of the Sciences General CollectionISBN: 9780781725446Publication Date: 2001-10-01This thoroughly revised, updated Fifth Edition textbook provides excellent coverage of exercise physiology concepts integrated with relevant scientific information. A basic foundation to understand nutrition, energy transfer and exercise training, it unites the topics of physical conditioning, sports nutrition, body composition, weight control and more.
Fatigue in Sport and Exercise by Call Number: QP321 .P477 2015 - Martin Library of the Sciences General CollectionISBN: 9780415742221Publication Date: 2015-04-21Fatigue is an important concern for all athletes, sportspeople and coaches, and in clinical exercise science. There remains considerable debate about the definition of fatigue, what causes it, what its impact is during different forms of exercise, and what the best methods are to combat fatigue and improve performance.
Steroids by Call Number: RC1230 .B454 2011 - Martin Library of the Sciences General CollectionISBN: 9780313380242Publication Date: 2011-08-15Sports fans or not, readers will be fascinated by this revealing examination of the pressures leading to the widespread use of steroids in sport and the negative, unintended consequences of their ban. * A comprehensive history of steroid use in Olympic sport and the policy decisions related to their proscription
The Sports Gene by Call Number: RC1235 .E58 2013 - Martin Library of the Sciences General CollectionISBN: 9781591845119Publication Date: 2013-08-01In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether endurance genes might have traveled with them from East Africa. At the same time, I began to notice that a training group on my team could consist of five men who run next to one another, stride for stride, day after day, and nonetheless turn out five entirely different runners. How could this be?
Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation by Call Number: RD97 .S658 2016 - Martin Library of the Sciences General CollectionISBN: 9780415815055Publication Date: 2015-12-15World-class rehabilitation of the injured athlete integrates best practice in sports medicine and physical therapy with training and conditioning techniques based on cutting-edge sports science. In this ground-breaking new book, leading sports injury and rehabilitation professionals, strength and conditioning coaches, biomechanists and sport scientists show how this integrated model works across the spectrum of athlete care.
