The Science of Fitness

Power, Performance, and Endurance
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-12-801023-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 284 g

The Science of Fitness: Power, Performance, and Endurance clearly explains the vital connection between diet and exercise in the human body. With this knowledge, you can use the right exercise and nutrition to obtain a higher quality life, prevent disease, and slow the aging process.

Authored in a straightforward style and with color images throughout, this book explores the cellular science behind fitness, protein synthesis, and healthy living. With it you will learn the most recent and important discoveries in the relationships between physical fitness, nutrition, weight loss, and weight management. It provides key information on the body's mitochondrial processes and their role in aging, along with well-informed discussions on general nutrition, sports nutrition, exercise physiology, how to enhance athletic performance, and how exercise strengthens the mind.

Whether you are interested in how to eat healthy, train for your first (or next) marathon, take your fitness to the next level, find the best super foods, or simply want to improve your vitality through healthy, doable practices, this book will help you on your journey regardless of age or fitness level.

Zielgruppe

<p>Trainers, competitive and elite athletes, recreational athletes, students of nutrition, physiology, physical therapy, medicine, and biology as well as PCPs and endocrinologists dealing with diabetes and obesity patients.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lemond, Greg

Hom, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Trainingswissenschaft, Sportunterricht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Sportmedizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Fitness, Freizeitsport, Gesundheitssport
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sportmedizin, Medikamentenmissbrauch, Doping
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Ernährungsmedizin, Diätetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Becoming a BEAST         
2. The Human Machine     
3. Amazing Mitochondria     
4. Feeding Your Cells     
5. Mitochondrial Supplements   
6. Your Body at Work, Play, and Rest   
7. The Body-Brain Connection    
8. When Things Go Wrong     
9. Slowing the Aging Process    
10. Gauging Fitness     
11. BEAST Fitness Training    
12. The Finish Line.and a Starting Line

Über Autor(innen)

Hom, Mark
Dr. Mark Hom, M.D. is a Johns Hopkins University trained biologist (B.A. in Biology with Honors), an award winning artist (Kenan Art Award, first place), an award winning medical illustrator while attending medical school at the University of North Carolina (a UNC Dean's grant recipient and also a UNC Holderness Fellowship recipient), a practicing interventional radiologist (one of the most in demand medical specialties), an educator of young doctors (an Assistant Professor of Radiology), and an avid fitness cyclist (riding 4,000 miles per year). Dr. Hom will explain how the human body, various organ systems, and individual cells function in the biologic process of exercise. Dr. Hom will show that mitochondria are at the center of cell energy production, metabolism, and athletic performance, as well as an underlying cause of degeneration, aging, and many diseases. He is currently a member of the Department of Radiology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.