Adventure Sport Physiology

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-01511-7
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1104 g

Adventure Sport Physiology provides students and professionals with a well-written, accessible introduction to the science underlying a variety of adventure sports. It is the first textbook written specifically for this increasingly popular field of study. Divided into two parts, the first provides the foundations for adventure physiology, the second the specific physiological and environmental demands of a range of adventure sports including kayaking, canoeing, sailing, windsurfing, climbing, mountaineering and skiing.

Written by two adventure sports performers with extensive teaching and coaching experience, Adventure Sport Physiology will prove invaluable to students taking courses in adventure and outdoor education and professional instructors involved in such activities. In addition, students of sport and exercise science and physical education will find this an excellent introduction to the physiological response to exercise.
* Clearly explains the basic physiological principles andap0plies them to a variety of land and water-based sports.
* In full colour throughout, it includes numerous illustrations, together with key points and chapter summaries to reinforce learning.
* Contains original pieces fro elite and high-level athletes describing the physiological demands of their particular sport in a real-world context. These include London sports personality of the year Anna Hemmings, respected climbers Dave Macleod and Neil Gresham, and Olympic medallists Tim Brabants and Ben Ainslie.
* Dedicated web site contains an original sample training programme and a set of adventure sport specific exercises.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Draper, Nick

Hodgson, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Sportmedizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sportmedizin, Medikamentenmissbrauch, Doping
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Physiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Preface.

Part I: The Foundations of Adventure Sport Physiology.

1. A historical perspective: the context of adventure physiology.

2. Nutrition for health and performance.

3. The structure and functioning of the human body.

4. Fundamental systems for adventure sports.

5. Training fundamentals.

Part II: The Physiological Demands of Adventure Sports.

6. Power and power endurance: the explosive activities.

7. Anaerobic endurance: the lactate tolerance and management activities.

8. Intermittent adventure activities.

9. Aerobic endurance part 1: high-intensity activities.

10. Aerobic endurance part 2: lower-intensity activities.

References.

Index.