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Runner's World The Runner's Body - Ross Tucker, Jonathan Dugas, Matt Fitzgerald,  Editors of Runner's World Maga

Runner's World The Runner's Body

How the Latest Exercise Science Can Help You Run Stronger, Longer, and Faster
Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2009
Rodale Press (Verlag)
978-1-60529-861-0 (ISBN)
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Focusing on how runners at various levels can improve their health and performance, this title offers helpful scientific discoveries about various aspects of the sport - from how best to nourish the runner's body to safe and legal ways to increase oxygen delivery to the muscles.
Every day scientists learn more about how the body adapts to the stress of running-and how various body systems contribute to running performance. Leading the charge is a fresh generation of brilliant young exercise physiologists including Ross Tucker and Jonathan Dugas, whose work has demolished many long-standing beliefs about running. Now Tucker and Dugas, whose blog, Science of Sport, has already created a devoted readership, join with esteemed fitness author Matt Fitzgerald to provide a captivating tour of the human body from the runner's perspective. Focusing on how runners at all levels can improve their health and performance, "The Runner's Body" offers in a friendly, accessible tone, the newest, most surprising, and most helpful scientific discoveries about every aspect of the sport - from how best to nourish the runner's body to safe and legal ways to increase oxygen delivery to the muscles. Full of surprising facts, practical sidebars, and graphical elements, "The Runner's Body" is a must-have resource for anyone who wants to become a better and healthier runner.

ROSS TUCKER, PHD, serves as scientific editor of Runner's World South Africa, a consultant technical expert with Adidas South Africa, and editor of Health 24, South Africa's largest fitness- and health-related website. Tucker, a competitive runner himself, lives in Cape Town, South Africa. JONATHAN DUGAS, PHD, holds a post-doctoral fellowship with the University of Chicago. He is the cocreator, with his colleague Ross Tucker, of the popular Science of Sport blog. A qualified USA Cycling coach, he lives in Chicago. MATT FITZGERALD is a prolific health and fitness journalist. He writes regularly for such national publications as Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Runner's World, and Triathlete. With nine books to his credit, he also creates interactive training programs for runners and triathletes and leads clinics at triathlon and running events throughout the U.S. He lives in Northern California.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.5.2018
Reihe/Serie Runner's World
Zusatzinfo 50 ILLUSTRATIONS
Verlagsort Pennsylvania
Sprache englisch
Maße 191 x 232 mm
Gewicht 458 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Leichtathletik / Turnen
ISBN-10 1-60529-861-1 / 1605298611
ISBN-13 978-1-60529-861-0 / 9781605298610
Zustand Neuware
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