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Exercise Physiology for Health, Fitness and Performance, 2/E
Sharon A. Plowman, Northern Illinois University
Denise Smith, Skidmore College

ISBN-10: 0805353259
ISBN-13: 9780805353259

Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Copyright: 2003
Format: Cloth Package; 704 pp
Status: Out of Print

Suggested retail price: $83.00
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Exercise Physiology for Health, Fitness, and Performance, Second Edition unifies basic scientific facts with applied concepts that stimulate active learning and allow for flexibility in teaching. Each unit follows a consistent and integrated sequence of presentation: basic anatomy and physiology review (including neurohormonal regulation), exercise response, training principles and adaptations, and special applications. The Second Edition offers a new, stronger media package, including InterActive Physiology® Sampler CD-ROM, and The Physiology Place Web site, packaged free with each new book.

  • Expanded Questions of Understanding boxes allow students to work through problems and interpret and analyze information as it is presented, initiating active learning.
  • Integrated coverage of diverse populations, including women, children, and the elderly is found throughout the book.
  • Each unit is intended to be independent of the others to provide maximum flexibility for each instructor in determining course sequence.
  • Graphs provide basis for comparison throughout the text. Modes of exercise—distinguished by color and icon use—are graphed according to intensity and duration, encouraging students to compare different types of responses (football or gymnastics to triathlons).
  • Special considerations such as the impact of altitude on exercise training, pollution and exercise, children and the cardiovascular risk factors of physical activity, and exercise and upper respiratory tract infection are covered.
  • Extensive supplements package including all print supplements written by the authors.

  • Improved Media. The Physiology Place provides students with an opportunity to test themselves and apply their knowledge using chapter objectives, quizzes, tests, case studies, and lab activities.
  • Improved Media. InterActive Physiology<194> Sampler CD-ROM provides one full topic from each system covered in InterActive Physiology®. Included with every new copy of the text. The full 7-System Suite is also available at a discount when packaged with the book.
  • Chapter 2, Neuroendocrine Control of Exercise, provides comprehensive coverage on the effects of exercise on the nervous and endocrine systems.
  • Chapter 17, The Immune System in Health and Disease, explains immune system reactions to acute exercise, training adaptations, maladaptations, and disease.
  • Focus on Application boxes show how exercise physiology principles are applied to various aspects of fitness, health, and nutrition.
  • Focus on Research boxes highlight important, new studies conducted in the field of exercise physiology.
  • Passport to the Internet directs students to websites related to topics covered in the book.
  • Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General Executive Summary is included in the appendix to take students beyond material presented in main sections of the book.

INTRODUCTORY UNIT.

1. The Warm Up.

2. Neuroendocrine Control of Exercise.

METABOLIC SYSTEM UNIT.

3. Energy Production.

4. Anaerobic Metabolism During Exercise.

5. Aerobic Metabolism During Exercise.

6. Metabolic Training Principles and Adaptations.

7. Nutrition for Fitness and Athletics.

8. Body Composition: Determination and Importance.

9. Body Composition and Weight Control.

CARDIOVASCULAR-RESPIRATORY SYSTEM UNIT.

10. Respiration.

11. Respiratory Exercise Response, Training Adaptations, and Special Considerations.

12. The Cardiovascular System.

13. Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise.

14. Cardiorespiratory Training Principles and Adaptations.

15. Thermoregulation.

16. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Physical Activity.

17. The Immune System, Exercise, Training, and Illness.

NEUROMUSCULAR-SKELETAL SYSTEM UNIT.

18. Skeletal System.

19. Skeletal Muscle System.

20. Muscular Contraction and Movement.

21. Muscular Training Principles and Adaptations.

22. Neural Aspects of Movement.

Appendix A. Units of Measure, the Metric System, and Conversions Between the English and Metric Systems of Measurement.

Appendix B. Metabolic Calculations.

Appendix C. Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General Executive Summary.

Appendix D. A Question of Understanding Boxes.

Sharon A. Plowman earned her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the tutelage of Dr. T. K. Cureton Jr. She is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education and Director of the Exercise Physiology Laboratory at Northern Illinois University. Dr. Plowman has taught for 34 years including classes in exercise physiology, stress testing, and exercise bioenergetics. She has published more than 65 scientific and research articles in the field as well as numerous applied articles on physical fitness with emphasis on females and children in such journals as ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal; Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism; Human Biology: Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise; Pediatric Exercise Science; and Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. She is a co-author with M. H. Anshel (ed.) et al. of the Dictionary of the Sport and Exercise Sciences (1991).

Dr. Plowman is a Fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine, and served on the Board of Trustees of that organization from 1980-83. In 1992 she was elected an Active Fellow by the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. She serves on the Advisory Council for FITNESSGRAM. The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) recognized her with the Mable Lee Award in 1976 and the Physical Fitness Council Award in 1994. Dr. Plowman received the Excellence in Teaching Award (at Northern Illinois University at the department level in 1974 and 1975 and at the university level in 1975) and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996.

Denise L. Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise Science, Dance and Athletics and Director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Skidmore College. With a Ph.D. in kinesiology and specialization in exercise physiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Smith has taught for more than 11 years, including classes in anatomy and physiology, cardiorespiratory aspects of human performance, neuromuscular aspects of human performance, and research design. Much of her research is focused on the physiological effects of firefighting, particularly the cardiovascular strain associated with firefighting. She has published in such journals as Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine; Ergonomics; European Journal of Applied Physiology; Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation; and Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise.

Dr. Smith is a Fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine and has served as secretary for the Occupational Physiology Interest Group and as a member of the National Strategic Health Initiative Committee. She has also served on the executive board and as an office for the MidAtlantic Regional Chapter of ACSM. Since 1994 she has been a visiting professor at the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute at Urbana-Champaign.


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