Handbook of Exercise Physiology

Contents: 1. Energetic and athletics. 2. Metabolism of proteins and amino acids. 3. Bio-energetics. 4. Cellular oxidation of Pyruvate. 5. Lipid metabolism. 6. Principles of skeletal muscle adaptations. 7. Obesity, body composition, and exercise. 8. Exercise, air pollution, travel, and atmospheric pressure. 9. Nutrition and athletic performance. 10. Cardio-vascular responses to exercise. 11. Aerobic running and walking. 12. Muscles and muscle management. 13. Exercise and blood pressure. 14. Exercise respiration. 15. Measurement of motor performance.

"Exercise physiology presents the material essential for understanding relevant changes in various mechanisms of the body that occur during the onset of exercise. The objective of this book entitled Handbook of Exercise Physiology is to explore the long-term effects of exercise, as one engages in systematic physical training. Both aspects of the physiology of exercise are necessary to an understanding of the mechanisms that account for human physical fitness. To realize these objectives a knowledge of basic human physiology is also necessary and for that purpose relevant physiological mechanisms are presented along with those related to exercise.

The book is critically arranged into fifteen comprehensive chapters which discusses all the necessary ingredients required in administration of sport contests.

It is hoped that this book too will be of great help to the students and physical education teachers and other concerned people interested in studying physical education and sports at various levels." (jacket)