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Exercise Physiology

Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance

by William McArdle, Frank I. Katch, Víctor L. Katch

9th Edition

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health

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Print ISBN9781975217297
eText ISBN9781975236366
PublisherWolters Kluwer Health
Publishing Year2023
Edition9th Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages1176

Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance, 9th Edition, by William McArdle, Frank I. Katch, and Víctor L. Katch, is an academic textbook focused on physical capacity. The work details how nutrition, energy transfer, and physical training influence human performance.

The text presents respiratory physiology and energy measurement concepts relevant to human movement. Specific topics include pulmonary structure and function, gas exchange and transport, and pulmonary ventilation dynamics. Furthermore, the material covers methods for measuring energy expenditure, individual differences in measuring energy capacities, and energy output during walking, jogging, running, and swimming.

Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in 2023, this 1176-page volume carries print ISBN 9781975217297. The textbook organizes quantitative observations of biological energy transfer and physical exertion to support systematic academic study and ongoing professional reference needs within the exercise science discipline.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Proteins

    • • PART 1 • CARBOHYDRATES
    • • Carbohydrate Kinds and Sources
    • • Recommended Carbohydrate Intake
    • • Carbohydrates’ Role in the Body
    • • Carbohydrate Dynamics During Physical Activity
    • • PART 2 • LIPIDS
    • • Lipid Characteristics
    • • Lipid Kinds and Sources
    • • Recommended Lipid Intake
    • • Lipid Dynamics in Physical Activity
    • • PART 3 • PROTEINS
    • • About Protein
    • • Protein Categories
    • • Recommended Protein Intake
    • • Protein’s Role in the Body
    • • Protein Metabolism Dynamics
    • • Nitrogen Balance
    • • Protein Dynamics During Physical Activity
  2. Chapter 2: Vitamins, Minerals, and Water

    • • PART 1 • VITAMINS
    • • About Vitamins
    • • Vitamin Types
    • • Vitamins’ Role in the Body
    • • Defining Nutrient Needs: Dietary Reference Intakes
    • • Vitamin Antioxidant Role
    • • Vitamin-Rich Food Sources
    • • Physical Activity, Free Radicals, and Antioxidants
    • • Does Vitamin Supplementation Provide a Competitive Edge?
    • • PART 2 • MINERALS
    • • Mineral Essentials
    • • Mineral Functions
    • • Calcium
    • • Female Athlete Triad
    • • Male Athlete Triad
    • • Phosphorus
    • • Magnesium
    • • Iron
    • • Sodium, Potassium, and Chlorine
    • • Minerals and Exercise Performance
    • • PART 3 • WATER
    • • The Body’s Water Content
    • • Water’s Functions
    • • Water Balance: Intake Versus Output
    • • Physical Activity and Water Requirements
  3. Chapter 3: Optimal Nutrition for Physical Activity

    • • Nutrient Intake Among the Physically Active
    • • Good Nutrition Essentials
    • • Dietary Guidelines for Americans
    • • Physical Activity and Food Intake
    • • Precompetition Meal
    • • Liquid Meals and Prepackaged Nutrition Bars, Powders, and Drinks
    • • Carbohydrate Feedings Prior to, During, and in Recovery from Physical Activity
    • • High-Glycemic Foods’ Possible Role in Obesity
    • • Foods’ Insulin Index
    • • Glucose Feedings, Electrolytes, and Water Uptake
  4. Chapter 4: Food’s Energy Value

    • • Measuring Food’s Energy Content
    • • Food’s Gross Energy Value
    • • Food’s Net Energy Value
    • • Calculating a Meal’s Energy Value
  5. Chapter 5: Introduction to Energy Transfer

    • • Energy: The Capacity for Work
    • • Energy Interconversions
    • • Biologic Work in Humans
    • • Enzymes and Coenzymes: Energy Release Rate Alteration
    • • Hydrolysis and Condensation: The Basis for Digestion and Synthesis
  6. Chapter 6: Energy Transfer in the Body

    • • PART 1 • PHOSPHATE BOND ENERGY
    • • Adenosine Triphosphate: The Energy Currency
    • • Phosphocreatine: The Energy Reservoir
    • • Cellular Oxidation
    • • Oxygen’s Role in Energy Metabolism
    • • PART 2 • ENERGY RELEASE FROM MACRONUTRIENTS
    • • Energy Release from Carbohydrate
    • • Energy Release from Lipid
    • • Energy Release from Protein
    • • The Metabolic Mill: Interrelationships Among Carbohydrate, Lipid, and Protein Metabolism
  7. Chapter 7: Energy Transfer During Physical Activity

    • • Immediate Energy: The Adenosine Triphosphate-Phosphocreatine System
    • • Short-Term Energy: The Glycolytic (Lactate-Forming) System
    • • Long-Term Energy: The Aerobic System
    • • Physical Activity Energy Spectrum
    • • Recovery Oxygen Uptake
  8. Chapter 8: Measuring Energy Expenditure

    • • Measuring the Body’s Heat Production
    • • Doubly Labeled Water Technique
    • • Respiratory Quotient
    • • Respiratory Exchange Ratio
  9. Chapter 9: Energy Expenditure During Rest and Physical Activity

    • • PART 1 • ENERGY EXPENDITURE AT REST
    • • Basal and Resting Metabolic Rate
    • • Metabolic Size Concept
    • • Metabolic Rate: Age and Sex Comparisons
    • • Five Factors That Affect TDEE
    • • PART 2 • ENERGY EXPENDITURE DURING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
    • • Energy Expenditure Classification for Physical Activities
    • • The MET
    • • Average Daily Energy Expenditure Rates
    • • Energy Cost of Household, Industrial, and Recreational Activities
    • • Body Mass Influence
    • • Heart Rate to Estimate Energy Expenditure
  10. Chapter 10: Energy Expenditure During Walking, Jogging, Running, and Swimming

    • • Human Movement Efficiency and Economy
    • • Human Movement Efficiency
    • • Human Movement Economy
    • • Running Energy Expenditure
    • • Swimming
  11. Chapter 11: Individual Differences and Measuring Energy Capacities

    • • Metabolic Capacity and Exercise Performance: Specificity Versus Generality
    • • Overview: Exercise Energy Transfer Capacity
    • • Anaerobic Function Physiologic and Performance Tests
    • • Anaerobic Energy Transfer: The Immediate and Short-Term Energy Systems
    • • Anaerobic Energy Transfer: The Short-Term Glycolytic (Lactate-Forming) Energy System
    • • Aerobic Energy Transfer: The Long-Term Energy System
  12. Chapter 12: Pulmonary Structure and Function

    • • Ventilation Anatomy
    • • Ventilation Mechanics
    • • Inspiratory and Expiratory Dynamics
    • • Lung Volumes and Capacities
    • • Lung Function, Aerobic Fitness, and Physical Performance
    • • Pulmonary Ventilation
    • • Variations from Normal Breathing Patterns
    • • The Respiratory Tract During Cold-Weather Physical Activity
  13. Chapter 13: Gas Exchange and Transport

    • • PART 1 • GAS PARTIAL PRESSURE, MOVEMENT, AND EXCHANGE
    • • Respired Gas Concentrations and Partial Pressures
    • • Gas Movement in Air and Fluids
    • • Gas Exchange in the Lungs and Tissues
    • • PART 2 • OXYGEN TRANSPORT IN BLOOD
    • • Oxygen Transport in Physical Solution
    • • Oxygen Transport in Hemoglobin
    • • Po2 in the Lungs
    • • Po2 in the Tissues
    • • PART 3 • CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT IN BLOOD
    • • Carbon Dioxide Transport in Physical Solution
    • • Carbon Dioxide Transport as Bicarbonate
    • • Carbon Dioxide Transport in Hb
  14. Chapter 14: Pulmonary Ventilation Dynamics

    • • PART 1 • PULMONARY VENTILATION
    • • Ventilatory Control
    • • Ventilatory Regulation During Physical Activity
    • • PART 2 • PULMONARY VENTILATION DURING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
    • • Ventilation and Energy Demands During Physical Activity
    • • Oxygen Cost of Breathing
    • • Does Ventilation Limit Aerobic Power and Endurance Performance?
    • • PART 3 • ACID-BASE REGULATION
    • • Buffering
    • • Intense Physical Activity Effects
  15. Chapter 15: The Cardiovascular System

    • • Cardiovascular System Components
    • • Hypertension
    • • Blood Pressure Response to Physical Activity
    • • Heart’s Blood Supply
    • • Myocardial Metabolism
  16. Chapter 16: Cardiovascular Regulation and Integration

    • • Intrinsic Heart Rate Regulation
    • • Extrinsic Regulation of Heart Rate and Circulation
    • • Blood Redistribution
    • • Integrative Responses During Physical Activity
    • • Physical Activity After Cardiac Transplantation
  17. Chapter 17: Cardiovascular Dynamics During Physical Activity

    • • Measuring Cardiac Output
    • • Cardiac Output at Rest
    • • Cardiac Output During Physical Activity
    • • Cardiac Output Distribution
    • • Cardiac Output and Oxygen Transport
    • • Cardiovascular Adjustments to Upper-Body Exercise
  18. Chapter 18: Skeletal Muscle Structure and Function

    • • Skeletal Muscle Gross Structure
    • • Skeletal Muscle Ultrastructure
    • • Chemical and Mechanical Events During Muscle Action and Relaxation
    • • Muscle Fiber Type
  19. Chapter 19: Neural Control and Human Movement

    • • Neuromotor System Organization
    • • Nerve Supply to Muscle
    • • Proprioceptors: Specialized Receptors in Muscles, Tendons, and Joints
  20. Chapter 20: The Endocrine System: Organization and Acute and Chronic Responses to Physical Activity

    • • Endocrine System Overview
    • • Endocrine System Organization
    • • Resting and Exercise-Induced Endocrine Secretions
    • • Exercise Training and Endocrine Function
    • • Resistance Training and Endocrine Function
    • • Opioid Peptides and Physical Activity
    • • Physical Activity and Immune Function
  21. Chapter 21: Training for Anaerobic and Aerobic Power

    • • Exercise Training Principles
    • • How Training Impacts the Anaerobic Energy Systems
    • • Anaerobic System Changes with Training
    • • How Training Impacts the Aerobic System
    • • Seven Factors Affecting Aerobic Training Responses
    • • Tracking Aerobic Fitness Improvements
    • • Maintaining Aerobic Fitness Gains
    • • Training Methods
    • • Overtraining Considerations
    • • Physical Activity and Exercise Training During Pregnancy
  22. Chapter 22: Muscular Strength: Training Muscles to Become Stronger

    • • PART 1 • STRENGTH MEASUREMENT AND RESISTANCE TRAINING
    • • Muscular Strength Development Roots in Antiquity
    • • Resistance Training Objectives
    • • Muscle Strength Measurement
    • • Gender Differences in Muscle Strength
    • • Training Muscles to Become Stronger
    • • PART 2 • RESISTANCE TRAINING: STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS
    • • Neural and Muscular Adaptations Impact Strength Improvements
    • • Comparative Male and Female Training Responses
    • • Detraining Effects on Muscle
    • • Resistance Training and Metabolic Stress
    • • Circuit Resistance Training
    • • Muscle Soreness and Stiffness
  23. Chapter 23: Special Aids to Exercise Training and Performance

    • • An Increasing Challenge to Fair Competition
    • • PART 1 • PHARMACOLOGIC AGENTS FOR ERGOGENIC EFFECTS
    • • Anabolic Steroids
    • • Structure and Action
    • • Clenbuterol and Other ß2-Adrenergic Agonists
    • • Other Adrenergic Agonists
    • • Growth Hormone: Genetic Engineering Now Common in Sports
    • • Dehydroepiandrosterone
    • • Androstenedione: Benign Prohormone Nutritional Supplement or Potentially Harmful Drug?
    • • Amino Acid Supplementation
    • • Amphetamines
    • • Caffeine
    • • Ginseng and Ephedrine
    • • Buffering Solutions
    • • Anticortisol Compounds: Glutamine and Phosphatidylserine
    • • ß-Hydroxy-ß-Methylbutyrate
    • • PART 2 • NONPHARMACOLOGIC APPROACHES FOR ERGOGENIC EFFECTS
    • • Red Blood Cell Reinfusion—Blood Doping
    • • Hormonal Blood Boosting (EPO)
    • • Warm-Up (Preliminary Exercise)
    • • Oxygen Inhalation (Hyperoxia)
    • • Modifying Carbohydrate Intake
    • • Chromium
    • • Creatine
    • • Medium-Chain Triacylglycerols
    • • Pyruvate
  24. Chapter 24: Physical Activity at Medium and High Altitude

    • • Altitude Stressors
    • • Oxygen Loading at Altitude
    • • Acclimatization
    • • Metabolic, Physiologic, and Exercise Capacity at Altitude
    • • Altitude Training and Sea-Level Performance
    • • Combined Altitude Stay with Low-Altitude Training
  25. Chapter 25: Exercise and Thermal Stress

    • • Weather Versus Climate: Time as a Factor
    • • PART 1 • THERMOREGULATION MECHANISMS
    • • Thermal Balance
    • • Hypothalamic Temperature Regulation
    • • Thermoregulation in Cold Stress
    • • Thermoregulation During Heat Loss
    • • How Clothing Impacts Thermoregulation
    • • PART 2 • THERMOREGULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEAT STRESS DURING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
    • • Physical Activity in the Heat
    • • Rehydration and Hyperhydration to Maintain Fluid Balance
    • • Factors That Modify Heat Tolerance
    • • Complications from Excessive Heat Stress
    • • PART 3 • THERMOREGULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COLD STRESS DURING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
    • • Physical Activity in the Cold
    • • Cold Acclimatization
  26. Chapter 26: Sport Diving

    • • Diving History: Antiquity to the Present
    • • Pressure-Volume Relationships and Diving Depth
    • • Snorkeling and Breath-Hold Diving
    • • Scuba Diving
    • • Special Problems Breathing Gases at High Pressures
    • • Dives to Exceptional Depths: Mixed-Gas Diving
    • • Underwater Swimming Energy Cost
  27. Chapter 27: Microgravity: The Last Frontier

    • • The Weightless Environment
    • • The International Space Station’s 20th Anniversary
    • • Aerospace Physiology and Medicine Historical Overview
    • • Spaceflight Physiology
    • • Countermeasure Strategies
    • • Overview of Physiologic Responses to Spaceflight
    • • NASA’s Ambitious Vision for Future Space Exploration
    • • Practical Benefits from Space Biology Research
    • • Final Words
  28. Chapter 28: Body Composition Assessment

    • • Four Limitations in Using the Weight-for-Height Tables
    • • Overweight, Overfat, and Obesity Prevalence
    • • The Body Mass Index: A Popular but Imprecise Clinical Standard
    • • Modeling Human Body Composition
    • • Common Techniques to Assess Body Composition
    • • Average Percentage Body Fat
    • • How to Determine Goal Body Mass
    • • Looking to a Brighter Future
  29. Chapter 29: Physique, Performance, and Physical Activity

    • • Physique Status in Champion Athletes
    • • Body Composition in 100-Year-Old Males and Females
  30. Chapter 30: Overweight, Overfatness (Obesity), and Weight Control

    • • PART 1 • OBESITY
    • • Historical Perspective
    • • Obesity Remains a Global Epidemic
    • • Increased Body Fat: A Progressive Long-Term Process
    • • Physical Inactivity: A Crucial Component for Excessive Fat Accumulation
    • • Excessive Body Fat’s Health Risks
    • • Criteria for Excessive Body Fat: How Fat Is Too Fat?
    • • PART 2 • WEIGHT CONTROL PRIMARY PRINCIPLES INVOLVE DIET AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
    • • Energy Balance: Input Versus Output
    • • Dieting for Weight Control
    • • Factors That Impact Weight Loss
    • • Increase Physical Activity for Weight Control
    • • Regular Physical Activity’s Effectiveness
    • • Weight Loss Recommendations for Wrestlers and Power Athletes
    • • Gaining Weight: The Competitive Athlete’s
  31. Chapter 31: Physical Activity, Health, and Aging

    • • The Graying of America
    • • The New Gerontology
    • • PART 1 • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE POPULATION
    • • Physical Activity Epidemiology
    • • PART 2 • AGING AND PHYSIOLOGIC FUNCTION
    • • Age Trends
    • • Trainability and Age
    • • PART 3 • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, HEALTH

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