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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496302095
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496302090
• Author: William D. McArdle BS M.Ed PhD, Frank I. Katch EdD, Victor L. Katch EdD

Help your students succeed in the course and their future careers with this Fifth Edition of the briefer version of the best-selling McArdle Exercise Physiology text. The book emphasizes nutrition as the foundation of exercise and uses a new student-friendly magazine-style design, hallmark pedagogy, and an engaging writing style to make exercise physiology interesting and understandable for today’s undergraduate students.

Featuring updates in every section that reflect the latest trends and research in the field, Essentials of Exercise Physiology helps students develop a deep understanding of the interrelationships among energy intake, energy transfer during exercise, and the related physiologic systems. As they progress through the book, students also master the how-tos of applying key concepts to enhance exercise training, athletic performance, and health.

Table of contents:

Section 1: Introduction to Exercise Physiology
Chapter 1: Exercise Physiology: From Past to Present
Section 2: Nutrition and Energy 
Chapter 2: Macro and Micro Nutrients
Chapter 3: Food Energy and Optimum Nutrition For Exercise
Chapter 4: Nutritional (and Pharmacologic) Aids to Performance
Section 3: Human Energy Transfer
Chapter 5: Fundamentals of Human Energy Transfer
Chapter 6: Energy Transfer During Exercise
Chapter 7: Measuring and Evaluating Human Energy-Generating Capacities During Exercise
Chapter 8: Energy Expenditure During Rest and Physical Activity
Section 4: The Physiologic Support Systems
Chapter 9: The Pulmonary System and Exercise
Chapter 10: The Cardiovascular System and Exercise
Chapter 11: The Neuromuscular System and Exercise
Chapter 12: Hormones, Exercise, and Training
Section 5: Exercise Training and Adaptations
Chapter 13: Training the Anaerobic and Aerobic Energy Systems
Chapter 14: Training Muscles to Become Stronger
Chapter 15: Factors Affecting Physiological Function: The Environment and Special Aids to Performance
Section 6: Optimizing Body Composition, Successful Aging, and Health Related Exercise Benefits
Chapter 16: Body Composition, Obesity and Weight Control
Chapter 17: Exercise, Successful Aging, and Disease Prevention
Chapter 18: Clinical Aspects of Exercise Physiology
Appendix A: Reliable Sources of Information
Appendix B: The Internet and Exercise Physiology
Appendix C: The Metric System and Conversion Constants in Exercise Physiology
Appendix D: Metabolic Computations in Open-Circuit Spirometry
Appendix E: Frequently Cited Journals in Exercise Physiology
Appendix F: Evaluation of Body Composition - Girth Method
Appendix G: Evaluation of Body Composition - Skinfold Method