Physiological Aspects of Sport Training and Performance, Second Edition With Web Resource, updates and expands on the popular first edition, providing an in-depth discussion of physiological adaptation to exercise. Students will learn the importance of an evidence-based approach in prescribing exercise, while sports medicine professionals and health care providers will appreciate using the text as a primary reference on conditioning and performance of athletes. A range of topics are covered, including environmental influences on performance, hydration status, sport nutrition, sport supplements, and performance-enhancing drugs. The book is focused on physiological adaptation to exercise with a goal of providing practical applications to facilitate exercise prescriptions for a variety of athletes.
Physiological Aspects of Sport Training and Performance, Second Edition, is organized into five parts. The first part examines physiological adaptation and the effects of various modes of training on biochemical, hormonal, muscular, cardiovascular, neural, and immunological adaptations. The second part covers principles of exercise training and prescription. The third part discusses nutrition, hydration status, sport supplementation, and performance-enhancing drugs. The fourth part focuses on environmental factors and their influence on sport performance. The fifth and final part is focused on how certain medical and health conditions influence sport performance.
Updates in this second edition focus on cutting-edge knowledge in sport science and sports medicine, including the latest information on physiological adaptations to exercise; current trends for training for power, speed, and agility; eye-opening discussions on sport supplementation and performance-enhancing drugs; data on training with medical conditions such as diabetes and exercise-induced bronchospasm; and groundbreaking information on training in heat and cold and at altitude. In addition, new chapters offer a practical approach to the yearly training program and sudden death in sport.
Part I. Physiological Adaptations to Exercise
Chapter 1. Neuromuscular System and Exercise
Chapter 2. Endocrine System and Exercise
Chapter 3. Metabolic System and Exercise
Chapter 4. Cardiovascular System and Exercise
Chapter 5. Immunological System and Exercise
Part II. Exercise Training Principles and Prescriptions
Chapter 6. Principles of Training
Chapter 7. Warm-Up, Flexibility, and Balance Training
Chapter 8. Resistance Training
Chapter 9. Power Training
Chapter 10. Anaerobic Conditioning
Chapter 11. Speed and Agility Development
Chapter 12. Endurance Training
Chapter 13. Concurrent Training
Chapter 14. Periodization
Chapter 15. Program Development and Implementation
Chapter 16. Athletic Performance Testing and Normative Data
Part III. Nutrition, Fluid Regulation, and Nutritional Supplementation
Chapter 17. Sports Nutrition
Chapter 18. Hydration
Chapter 19. Dietary Supplementation
Chapter 20. Performance-Enhancing Drugs
Part IV. Environmental Factors
Chapter 21. Heat
Chapter 22. Cold
Chapter 23. Altitude
Part V. Medical and Health Conditions
Chapter 24. Overtraining
Chapter 25. Diabetes
Chapter 26. Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm
Chapter 27. Sudden Death in Sports
Jay Hoffman, PhD, is the director of the Institute of Exercise Physiology and Wellness and a professor of sport and exercise science at the University of Central Florida. He is also the chair of the education and human sciences department. Long recognized as an expert in the field of exercise physiology, Hoffman has more than 190 publications in refereed journals, book chapters, and books, and he has lectured at more than 370 national and international conferences and meetings. A former professional athlete, Hoffman has coached elite athletes and conducted research on them throughout his professional career. This combination of the practical and the theoretical provides him with a unique perspective on writing for both coaches and academic faculty.
Hoffman was elected president of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) in 2009. He was awarded the 2005 Outstanding Kinesiological Professional Award by the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut, the 2007 Outstanding Sport Scientist of the Year by the NSCA, and the 2000 Outstanding Junior Investigator Award by the NSCA. A fellow of both the American College of Sports Medicine and National Strength and Conditioning Association, Hoffman is the editor of NSCA’s Guide to Program Design (Human Kinetics, 2012) and the author of Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health (Human Kinetics, 2006). He earned his PhD in exercise science from the University of Connecticut.