12.08.14
Elsevier, Waltham, MA, a provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has published The Science of Fitness: Power, Performance, and Endurance co-authored by Greg LeMond, a three-time winner of the Tour de France, and Mark Hom, MD, a Johns Hopkins University trained biologist.
The Science of Fitness explains the connection between exercise, nutrition, and physiology in layman's terms, and is ideal for the experienced and amateur athlete, as well as trainers, and all those interested in developing a serious exercise and fitness regimen. The book offers important medical and fitness advice about the right exercise and nutrition for enhanced athletic performance, higher quality of life, disease prevention and slowing of the aging process. While providing information on general nutrition, sports nutrition and exercise physiology, the authors also recount the latest research on nutrition, sports nutrition, super foods and the brain/body connection.
The Science of Fitness is targeted toward athletic trainers, competitive and elite athletes, recreational athletes, students of nutrition, physiology, physical therapy, medicine, and biology, as well as primary care physicians and endocrinologists dealing with diabetes and obesity patients.
The book is available from leading online bookstores, on the Elsevier Store and on ScienceDirect, Elsevier's full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from over 2,200 peer-reviewed journals and more than 25,000 book titles.
The Science of Fitness explains the connection between exercise, nutrition, and physiology in layman's terms, and is ideal for the experienced and amateur athlete, as well as trainers, and all those interested in developing a serious exercise and fitness regimen. The book offers important medical and fitness advice about the right exercise and nutrition for enhanced athletic performance, higher quality of life, disease prevention and slowing of the aging process. While providing information on general nutrition, sports nutrition and exercise physiology, the authors also recount the latest research on nutrition, sports nutrition, super foods and the brain/body connection.
The Science of Fitness is targeted toward athletic trainers, competitive and elite athletes, recreational athletes, students of nutrition, physiology, physical therapy, medicine, and biology, as well as primary care physicians and endocrinologists dealing with diabetes and obesity patients.
The book is available from leading online bookstores, on the Elsevier Store and on ScienceDirect, Elsevier's full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from over 2,200 peer-reviewed journals and more than 25,000 book titles.
