Examining Physiology, Nutrition, and Body Composition in Sports Science

by Chatterjee, Ayan

Author	: Chatterjee, Ayan
Publisher	: IGI Global
Total Pages	: 556
Release	: 2024-10-14
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	:

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In sports science, a thorough understanding of physiology, nutrition, and body composition is essential for optimizing athletic performance and enhancing health. Examining physiology provides insights into how the body’s systems function during physical exertion, revealing the interactions between muscles, cardiovascular health, and metabolic processes. Nutrition plays a pivotal role in fueling performance, recovery, and well-being, guiding athletes in balancing nutrients to support their training goals. Meanwhile, analyzing body composition helps athletes and coaches tailor exercise and dietary strategies to achieve optimal physical condition and reduce the risk of injury. Further study into these areas may help empower athletes to reach peak performance and maintain long-term health. Examining Physiology, Nutrition, and Body Composition in Sports Science delves into the systematic methods and protocols necessary for the precise understanding and optimization of an athlete's physiological profile. It seeks to identify, assess, and tailor interventions related to body composition and nutritional needs for optimal sports performance. This book covers topics such as injury prevention, performance optimization, and biomarkers, and is a useful resource for medical professionals, nutritionists, sports scientists, healthcare workers, academicians, and researchers.

Advanced Strength and Conditioning

by Anthony Turner

Author	: Anthony Turner
Publisher	: Routledge
Total Pages	: 445
Release	: 2017-10-25
Genre	: Sports & Recreation
ISBN	: 1134880626

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Becoming an effective strength and conditioning practitioner requires the development of a professional skills set and a thorough understanding of the scientific basis of best practice. Aimed at advanced students and beginning practitioners, this book explores the latest scientific evidence and applies it to exercise selection and programming choices across the full range of functional areas in strength and conditioning, from strength and power to speed and agility. With coverage of data analysis and performance feedback, both vital skills for the contemporary strength and conditioning coach, this concise but sophisticated textbook is the perfect bridge from introductory study to effective professional practice. Written by experts with experience in a wide variety of sports, its chapters are enhanced by extensive illustrations and address key topics such as: fitness testing and data analysis developing strength and power motor skill acquisition and development strategies for competition priming monitoring training load, fatigue and recovery. Advanced Strength and Conditioning: An Evidence-based Approach is a valuable resource for all advanced students and practitioners of strength and conditioning and fitness training.

Cycling Science

by Cheung, Stephen S.

Author	: Cheung, Stephen S.
Publisher	: Human Kinetics
Total Pages	: 568
Release	: 2017-06-01
Genre	: Sports & Recreation
ISBN	: 1450497322

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Authoritative, yet accessible, this guide provides the latest on science and technology from the world’s top cycling coaches and researchers. Comprehensive and cutting edge, coverage includes the rider–machine interface, environmental stressors, health issues, the planning of training programs, racing techniques, and more.

Human Body Composition

by Steven Heymsfield

Author	: Steven Heymsfield
Publisher	: Human Kinetics
Total Pages	: 544
Release	: 2005
Genre	: Anthropometry
ISBN	: 9780736046558

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The 2nd edition of Human Body Composition includes updated information and new chapters. The editors and 35 contributors are well respected researchers in the field of body composition science. This is one of few texts that provides comprehensive coverage of body composition research. The primary intent is to present current information on research methods. This book can serve as a textbook for those who are students or new researchers. Descriptions of various methods and background information are imparted in great detail with numerous references. New chapters address energy expenditure, animal body composition, molecular genetics and body composition as it relates to disease states of cancer, HIV, obesity and certain inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This book is recommended for students and new researchers in the field of body composition research who need to learn various methods, histories and practical applications--Publisher's description.

EBOOK Clinical Sports Nutrition 5e

by Louise Burke

Author	: Louise Burke
Publisher	: McGraw-Hill Education Australia
Total Pages	: 845
Release	: 2015-09-18
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1743763123

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Clinical Sports Nutrition 5e is a cornerstone of the Sports Medicine series offered by McGraw-Hill. This complete practical and clinical reference provides the latest sports nutrition information, drawing on scientific research from around the globe. All chapters have been substantially revised and updated with contributions from leading academics, physicians and sports dietitians in Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. In addition there are seven new commentaries: · A molecular view of exercise · Female athlete triad and energy availability · Measuring energy availability · Treating low energy availability · Vegetarian eating · Antioxidant supplementation and exercise · Fluid guidelines This respected reference work is an invaluable asset for students and instructors in the discipline of sports nutrition, and is also essential reading for elite athletes, sports professionals and trainers who need to keep their knowledge current.

Exercise Physiology

by William D. McArdle

Author	: William D. McArdle
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 882
Release	: 1991
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	:

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Abstract: This third edition of the book integrates basic concepts and relevant scientific information to provide the foundation for understanding nutrition, energy transfer, and exercise and training. Designed for both the beginning and advanced student, the subjects covered include energy for physical activity, systems of energy delivery and utilization, enhancement of energy capacity, work performance and environmental stress, body composition, energy balance, and weight control, and the metric system and SI units.

Exercise Physiology

by William J. Kraemer

Author	: William J. Kraemer
Publisher	: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages	: 512
Release	: 2011-03-01
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 0781783518

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Designed for undergraduate course work, this exercise physiology textbook unites research and theory with real-world application so students can easily relate to the concepts being presented. The unique applied approach fully engages you in discovering how the human body works and responds to exercise. You'll not only gain a solid foundation in exercise physiology concepts, you'll also learn how to apply these concepts on the job to optimize athletic performance and well-being. Moreover, you'll come to understand the vital health benefits of exercise and physical activity for all individuals at all ages, including special populations. Beginning with basic exercise physiology concepts, the text progressively builds your knowledge by integrating these concepts into practical discussions of nutrition and training. The text stresses a research-based approach, enabling you to locate and evaluate the evidence you need to make good decisions. Numerous examples further underscore the importance of basic concepts and research in addressing real-life challenges in exercise and athletic training.

Perspectives in Human Growth, Development and Maturation

by Parasmani Dasgupta

Author	: Parasmani Dasgupta
Publisher	: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages	: 353
Release	: 2013-03-14
Genre	: Social Science
ISBN	: 9401598010

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One morning in 1969, out of the blue, I received a letter which both distressed and astonished me. It was from a Prof. S. R. Das in Calcutta, who requested me to accept, for eventual analysis, a mountain of anthropometric data he had accumulated, as he was ill and did not expect to survive to analyse it himself. The data provided the astonishment; twenty-two anthropometric characters recorded every six months or a year, over a period of 14 years, in a mixed longitudinal study of some 560 children, aged six months to twenty years. Most were in families with siblings also in the study, and every child was measured every time by S. R. Das himself. The archive was unique, combining the personal anthropometry of R. H. Whitehouse in the Harpenden Growth Study and the family approach of the Fels Growth Study. This was a study of which neither I, nor anyone of my acquaintance, had heard. Even in India, Prof. Das' work was scarcely known. It turned out Das was a scholarly man, quiet and unassuming, absolutely committed to his Sarsuna-Barisha Growth Study,just the obverse of the professional showman. Clearly this was not a request I could refuse, although I already had in hand enough projects to occupy Siva himself.

Body Composition and Physical Performance

by Institute of Medicine

Author	: Institute of Medicine
Publisher	: National Academies Press
Total Pages	: 371
Release	: 1992-02-01
Genre	: Technology & Engineering
ISBN	: 030904586X

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This book surveys the entire field of body composition as it relates to performance. It includes a clear definition of terminology and a discussion of the various methods for measuring body composition. The authored papers represent a state-of-the-art review of this controversial field and address questions such as: What is a better measure of body compositionâ€"body fat or lean body mass? Does being overweight for one's height really affect performance? The book also addresses the issue of physical appearance as it relates to body fatness and performance. It includes an in-depth discussion of many of the topics of interest to those involved in sports medicine and exercise physiology.