Endurance Fitness (2nd edition) / Roy J. Shephard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shephard, Roy J., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical fitness.

Exercise--Physiological aspects.

Exercise.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 380 pages)

Edition:

2nd edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Endurance Fitness provides detailed coverage of the scientific principles on which the general theories of physical fitness are based. It treats the subject from a sound physiological and medical point of view, and provides a careful synthesis of knowledge in this complex area. This second edition has been completely rewritten, to reflect recent advances in the field. It presents a thorough historical review as well as analyses of topics such as the importance of cardio-respiratory fitness and techniques for its measurement, the problem of factors limiting oxygen transfer, over-nutrition, obesity, muscular development, and the influence of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol in fitness. The author discusses the role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of disease (particularly cardiovascular disease), and points out the economic costs both of being unfit and of promoting good health. Dr. Shepard has drawn upon his considerable experience as a member of national and international organizations concerned with physical activity, as director of the Fitness Research Unit at the University of Toronto and as a teacher of graduate and undergraduate courses in Exercise Physiology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to first edition

Preface to second edition

1. Introduction

2. Development of current concepts of fitness

3. Physiological determinants of endurance fitness

4. Methodology of fitness tests

5. Current levels of fitness

6. Modifications of fitness

7. Current activity patterns and attitudes

8. Fitness and health

9. Nutrition and fitness

10. Endurance fitness and the body musculature

11. The use of drugs and related procedures

12. A financial postscript

Glossary of symbols and abbreviations

References

Index

Notes:

Reprinted in 2018.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8379-6

OCLC:

1129181272