Energetics of Muscular Exercise [Paperback]

This book discusses the maximal power and capacity of the three major biochemical pathways ?- aerobic (oxygen consumption), anaerobic lactic (muscle lactate accumulation in absence of oxygen consumption), and anaerobic alactic (phosphocreatine hydrolysis) metabolism - as well as the factors that limit them. It also discusses the metabolic and cardio-pulmonary mechanisms of the dynamic response to exercise. The way and extent to which the power and capacity of the three major energy metabolisms are affected under a number of different conditions, such as training, hypoxia and microgravity, are also described.

Introductory and Historical Remarks.- Aerobic Metabolism and the Steady-State Concept.- Exercise Transients.- Maximal Oxygen Consumption.- Critical Power.- Supramaximal Exercise.

This book focuses on the cellular and molecularpathways that contribute to the regulation of muscular contraction duringexercise, integrating human physiology, chemistry, and sport performance. & Theaudience for this book is likely to be in academia -- undergraduates, graduates,researchers, and/or professors. (Erik H. Van Iterson, Doodys Book Reviews, October, 2015)

This book discusses the maximal power and capacity of the three major biochemical pathways ?- aerobic (oxygen consumption), anaerobic lactic (muscle lactate accumulation in absence of oxygen consumption), and anaerobic alactic (phosphocreatine hydrolysis) metabolism - as well as the factors that limit them. It also discusses the metabolic and cardio-pulmonary mechanisms of the dynamic response to exercise. The way and extent to which the power and capacity of the three major energy metabolisms are affected under a number of different conditions, such as training, hypoxia and microgravity, are also described.

Summarizes in a critical perspective 30 years of advancements in the field of the energetics of muscular exercise in humans