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Faster, higher, stronger : how sports science is creating a new generation of superathletes, and what we can learn from them / Mark McClusky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McClusky, Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports sciences.
- Athletes--Training of.
- Athletes.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Hudson Street Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- Veteran journalist Mark McClusky brings readers behind the scenes with a new generation of athletes, coaches, and scientists whose accomplishments are changing our understanding of human physical achievement and completely redefining the limits of the human body.
- Contents:
- Hacking the athlete
- Gold Medal genetics
- Eating to win
- The search for excellence
- The fast track to greatness
- Learning to be the best
- Tools of the trade
- What getting tired means
- Staying strong
- The numbers game
- Athlete's little helper
- The limits of performance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594631535
- 1594631530
- OCLC:
- 888985581
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