Practical sports nutrition /
Louise Burke.
- xi, 531 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 / Nanna L. Meyer and Susie Parker-Simmons. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14.
"Practical Sports Nutrition is the first text to provide detailed, sport-specific advice enabling you to approach individual athletes and teams with an understanding of their sport and unique nutritional needs." "Nutrition expert Louise Burke covers a wide variety of popular sports - providing information that is applied, practical, and useful. Each chapter offers a comprehensive 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 useful examples of how to successfully tackle sports-specific problems."--BOOK JACKET.