Faster, higher, stronger : how sports science is creating a new generation of superathletes--and what we can learn from them /

McClusky, Mark,

Faster, higher, stronger : how sports science is creating a new generation of superathletes--and what we can learn from them / Mark McClusky. - xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hacking the athlete -- Gold Medal genetics -- Eating to win -- The search for excellence -- The fast track to greatness -- Learning to be the best -- Tools of the trade -- What getting tired means -- Staying strong -- The numbers game -- Athlete's little helper -- The limits of performance.

Veteran journalist Mark McClusky brings readers behind the scenes with a new generation of athletes, coaches, and scientists whose accomplishments are changing our understanding of human physical achievement and completely redefining the limits of the human body.

1594631530 9781594631535

2014021223


Sports sciences.
Athletes--Training of

GV558 / .M34 2014

613.711

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