Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance [Hardcover]

William D. McArdle (Author), Frank I. Katch (Author), Victor L. Katch (Author), McArdle (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0683057316 | ISBN-13: 978-0683057317 | Publication Date: March 1996 | Edition: 4th

This student text emphasizes nutrition and the use of energy systems during training. A new chapter has been added for this edition on clinical exercise physiology for cardiovascular and pulmonary resuscitation, and there are "Focus on Research" sections with synopses of actual published experiments and studies in the field - these seek to demonstrate the principles of the text in the context of real-world clinical physiology, nutrition and exercise science. There is also an accompanying Class Preparation Guide, which challenges students and provides a reinforcement of information in the text. A new appendix has been added, on the 1995 ACSM Position Stamps.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 850 pages
• Publisher: Lea & Febiger; 4th edition (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0683057316
• ISBN-13: 978-0683057317
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #853,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knowhow behind fitness, October 2, 2003

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Per Kistler - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance (Hardcover)

This book is a great help in understanding what is happening within the body conerning sports training and nutrition. It is based on uncountable research studies and presented in a very readable form with ample graphics illustrations. The book helped me not only to understand more, but also to improve fitness and even loose some weight. It goes very far beyond compared to what one gets told in fitness centers. The main approach of the book is based on energy considerations. Understanding how the body handles energy makes it possible to describe the effects of exercising and performance much more deeply. I would recommend this book to every exerciser, who likes to improve physically and understand background matters. Basically, it's a textbook for sports students. But people outside, like myself, can greatly benefit from it, as well.

52 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "the book" on exercise physiology, February 27, 2004

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Alex "Alex fitness" (China) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance (Hardcover)

I am a Personal Training manager with a Physical Education undergraduate degree and Health Preservation and Rehabilitation graduate degree.
I consider that the science of exercise physiology should constitute the basic knowledge for anybody who wants to understands the way the human body functionates and acutely and chronicaly adapts to the exercise stimuli.
No matter you are(or preparing to become) a PE teacher, sport medicine specialist, personal trainer, physical therapist,athletic coach,etc, you should understand the science of exercise physiology.
Dr. McArdle's " Exercise physiology" is definetely one of the most complete books ever writen on the subject. With miriads of grafics and pictures, and tons of scientific research descriptions and results, the book is quite pleasing to read and very convincing.
With more than 1000 pages, definetelly worths its price and even more. Contains as much information as you could find in 3-4 good scientific books and much more than the complete colection of "Muscle and Fitness" starting from 1970.
You can find detailed informations together with all the book ilustrations and even 4 complete chapters at: www.connection.LWW.com/go/mcardle

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Reference Book, September 2, 2006

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Chan Joon Yee "Dr Chan" (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance (Hardcover)

This is the only reference book I have and need on Exercise Physiology. Most useful to me are chapters on performance enhacement, high altitude acclimatisation and physical training for seniors. The first few introductory chapters and the first few pages of each chapter remind me of my basic life sciences. The authors then focus on the application of cell biology to training. The thing I like most about this book, is that there is no "guru talk". Every piece of advice is based on currect research.

The book is divided into 7 sections. 1. Nutrition, 2. Energy production, 3. Energy Delivery & Utilisation, 3. Enhancement of Energy Capacity, 4. Environmental Stress, 5. Body Composition & Weight Control, 7. Successful Aging, Disease Prevention.

It's a very thick book, but the paper quality is high and the colourful illustrations make it a joy to read. However, this is not simple book for the average man on the street. There is nothing sensational here - just pure science. Readers without a background in the life sciences may not be able to follow.