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The Biochemical Basis of Sports Performance
Ronald J Maughan and Michael Gleeson
272 pages
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numerous figures
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246x189mm
978-0-19-926924-2
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Paperback
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05 February 2004
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- A great introduction to the scientific basis of sports performance, appealing to undergraduate students, coaches, and athletes
- A flexible structure allows the reader to either read the text from end to end or, if only interested in a particular sport, to dip into the relevant chapter
- Underlying principles of biochemistry are adeptly explained eliminating the need for additional basic biochemistry texts
- Numerous links between biochemistry and physiology closely reflect the way sport science should be taught
- Provides a valuable insight into the relevance of metabolism to sports performance, clearly describing the biochemical processes specific to different sports
- Online Resource Centre - multiple choice questions with answers, short answer questions for each chapter and illustrations from the book will be available from: www.oup.com/uk/booksites/biosciences/
Some understanding of the biochemistry of exercise is fundamental to any study of the factors that contribute to sports performance. It is the physical, chemical and biochemical properties of cells and tissues that determine the physiological responses to exercise, and yet the teaching of exercise biochemistry is poorly developed compared with exercise physiology. Where the subject is taught at all, the student often finds the approach somewhat daunting, with its focus on thermodynamics, chemical structures and metabolic
pathways. Many students find the subject difficult, when it should not be so. The aim of this book is to introduce the student of sports science or exercise physiology to the biochemical processes that underpin exercise performance and the adaptations that occur with training. The focus is on skeletal muscle metabolism and the provision of energy for working muscles. We have tried in this book to introduce the principles of exercise biochemistry in a context that is immediately relevant to the student of sports science. This has meant abandoning the traditional approach of working through the main classes of biomolecules and the major metabolic pathways. Instead, we have tackled the subject by considering the biochemical processes involved in energy provision for different sports events
and the way in which limitations in the energy supply can cause fatigue and thus limit performance. Recovery from exercise is important for athletes who train and compete with only a limited rest period, and the biochemical processes that influence recovery and restoration of performance capacity are also addressed in this book.The biochemical processes that fuel the different activities that contribute to sport are the focus of this book, together with the changes that occur with training and the role of diet in providing the necessary fuels. Sporting talent is a rare gift inherited by the elite athlete from his or her parents, and a brief description of the basis of heredity is included.
Online Resource Centre:
Will provide multiple choice
questions for each chapter and illustrations from the book will be available to download from the Online Resource Centre at www.oup.com/uk/booksites/biosciences/Readership: The book is primarily aimed at undergraduate students of sports science or exercise science and will also be highly relevant to students of human physiology, human nutrition and metabolism and mammalian biochemistry. It should also be a very useful supplementary text for any exercise physiology course included as part of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in medicine, physiotherapy, health sciences etc. It will also be of interest to coaches and athletes as an introduction to the scientific basis of sports performance. The market is
potentially worldwide.
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Ronald J Maughan, Professor of Human Physiology, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, UK, and Michael Gleeson, Professor of Exercise Biochemistry, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, UK
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"'The great strength and appeal of this book is that it beautifully brings together, like a seamless garment, the performance, the physiology and the biochemistry of the main different categories of sport, involving respectively strength, power, speed, endurance and multiple sprint game sports.....this is a superb book - totally readable, highly relevant interesting view of biochemistry as defined by patterns of sporting activity. Ron Maughan and Mike Gleeson are to be very warmly congratulated - and thanked for filling a major gap'. N.C. Craig Sharp, Professor of Sports Science, Brunel University 2004."
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Preface
1:
Introduction:
Setting the scene
2:
The weightlifter:
Muscle structure and function
Proteins - structural and functional characteristics
Muscle proteins as enzymes
Energy needs - role of ATP
The dietary protein requirement and actions of anabolic steroids
Nutritional supplements that are claimed to boost muscle mass and strength gain
3:
The sprinter:
Power output
Sustained energy needs
Phosphocreatine and ATP resynthesis
Causes of fatigue
Recovery after exercise
Creatine supplements
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The middle distance runner:
Sustained power
Energy supply from anaerobic glycolysis
Role of lactic acid
Oxidative breakdown of carbohydrate
Fatigue
Recovery processes
Glycogen synthesis
Alkalinisers to limit acidosis and boost performance
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The endurance athlete:
Glycogen depletion
Carbohydrate supply from blood glucose
Role of the liver
Fat as a fuel
Fatigue and recovery
The brain and central fatigue
Dietary carbohydrate requirements
Benefits of carbohydrate and fluid intake during prolonged exercise
Caffeine as an ergogenic aid
Effect of diet on substrate availability and factors involved in fatigue
Free radicals and antioxidants
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The games player:
Intermittent activity patterns
Contribution of different energy sources
Limitations to performance
Creatine supplements to improve intermittent exercise performance
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Sporting talent:
Factors determining success
Genetics
DNA, protein synthesis and inheritance
Examples: muscle fibre types
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Training for strength, speed and endurance:
Adaptations to different types of training
Limitations to adaptation
Fatigue and overtraining
Meeting the energy requirements for training
Dietary influences on training adaptations
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