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The Biochemical Basis of Sports Performance

Ron Maughan and Michael Gleeson

Price: £25.99 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-926924-2
Publication date: 5 February 2004
272 pages, 78 halftones & line illus., 246x189 mm

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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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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.

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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.

Contents

Preface

Introduction:

Setting the scene

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

The sprinter:

Power output

Sustained energy needs

Phosphocreatine and ATP resynthesis

Causes of fatigue

Recovery after exercise

Creatine supplements

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

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

The games player:

Intermittent activity patterns

Contribution of different energy sources

Limitations to performance

Creatine supplements to improve intermittent exercise performance

Sporting talent:

Factors determining success

Genetics

DNA, protein synthesis and inheritance

Examples: muscle fibre types

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

Authors, editors, and contributors

Ron Maughan, Professor of Human Physiology, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University and
Michael Gleeson, Professor of Exercise Biochemistry, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University

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