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Practical sports nutrition / Louise Burke.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2007.Description: xi, 531 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ; casedISBN:
  • 073604695X (hbk.)
  • 9780736046954 (hbk.)
  • 9780736046954:
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613.2024796
Contents:
Training and competition nutrition -- Practical and cultural factors -- Sport foods and supplements -- Road cycling and the triathlon -- Middle- and long-distance running -- Swimming and rowing -- Sprinting and jumping -- Field-based team sports -- Court and indoor team sports -- Racket sports -- Strength and power sports -- Weight-making sports -- Gymnastics -- Winter sports.
Summary: In Practical Sports Nutrition, Louise Burke covers a wide variety of popular sports--providing information that is applied, practical, and useful. Each chapter offers a review of competition, training, physique and physiology, lifestyle and culture, dietary surveys, sports foods and supplements--all tailored to the specific sport. It also discusses the issues and challenges arising in each sport and provides examples of how to successfully tackle sports-specific problems.
List(s) this item appears in: MSc Strength and Conditioning | CW178 BSc (Hons) Strength & Conditioning / Sports and Exercise Science
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 613.2024796 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 70237
Short Loan Collection Carlow Campus Library Short Loan Collection 613.2024796 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 70238
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 613.2024796 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 12/10/2012 70236

CW109

CW128

CW178

Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-519) and index.

Training and competition nutrition -- Practical and cultural factors -- Sport foods and supplements -- Road cycling and the triathlon -- Middle- and long-distance running -- Swimming and rowing -- Sprinting and jumping -- Field-based team sports -- Court and indoor team sports -- Racket sports -- Strength and power sports -- Weight-making sports -- Gymnastics -- Winter sports.

In Practical Sports Nutrition, Louise Burke covers a wide variety of popular sports--providing information that is applied, practical, and useful. Each chapter offers a review of competition, training, physique and physiology, lifestyle and culture, dietary surveys, sports foods and supplements--all tailored to the specific sport. It also discusses the issues and challenges arising in each sport and provides examples of how to successfully tackle sports-specific problems.

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