Endurance in Sport is a comprehensive and authoritative work on all aspects of this major component of sports science. The book also embraces medical and sport-specific issues of particular relevance to those interested in endurance performance. The scientific basis and mechanisms of endurance - physiological, psychological, genetic and environmental - are all considered in depth. Measurement of endurance is extensively reviewed as is preparation and training for physical activities requiring endurance.
About the Author
R. J. Shephard is the editor of Endurance in Sport, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.
Per-Olof Astrand was a Swedish professor of physiology at the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute in Stockholm 1970-1977, and 1977-1988 at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and a member of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet.
Features
* completely revised and updated * contributions from current leaders in their respective fields * in-depth coverage of the scientific basis and mechanisms of endurance - physiological, psychological, genetic and environmental * measurement of endurance is extensively reviewed
