Practical sports nutrition / Louise Burke.
Material type: TextPublication details: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2007.Description: xi, 531 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ; casedISBN:- 073604695X (hbk.)
- 9780736046954 (hbk.)
- 9780736046954:
- 613.2024796
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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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