Exercise Physiology for Health and Sports Performance is designed specifically for students of exercise science, physical education and sports coaching, and brings all the essential human anatomy and applied physiology you need to know together in one textbook. Written in a friendly, accessible style and containing a wide range of features to help develop your understanding and bring the text to life, this book will provide a complete one-stop-shop for exercise physiology for the duration of your course.

Unlike other texts, this book is split into two key parts: Part I introduces the fundamental principles of nutrition, biochemistry, cell biology, and the control, movement and transport energy systems; Part II builds on this foundation by comprehensively applying the theory to exercise and sports performance in practice. With this innovative approach, the text enables you to become confident in your knowledge and understanding of energy generation and training principles for all sports of varying intensities and durations. Also including coverage of exercise in extreme environments and applications of physical activities for health, this will be the only exercise physiology textbook you’ll need!

Key features:

• Vibrant ‘Sport in Action’ articles written by World Class elite athletes and coaches provide first-hand insight into the physiological and psychological demands of a variety of sports.
• ‘Research Summary’ boxes present key research papers relating to the topics, and highlight the importance of research within the field of exercise physiology.
• ‘Knowledge Integration Questions’ and ‘Key Points’ appear frequently throughout the text to develop and consolidate your learning.
• Review questions, recall quizzes and ‘Teach it’ sections are provided for each chapter to help you revise and test your knowledge.
• A comprehensive glossary and list of common abbreviations are supplied to explain new terminology.
• Numerous full colour photos and diagrams illustrate the text and enhance the learning experience.
• A wide range of relevant sporting examples from all over the world give the text a global perspective.

This book is accompanied by a Premium Website which contains your annotatable eText along with Pearson’s Interactive Physiology®5-System suite of online resources.  Log in at www.pearsoned.co.uk/draper to find narrated tutorials, detailed animations, engaging quizzes and interactive activities providing extra support to help you grasp the trickiest concepts in human physiology, plus additional exercise worksheets and strength training programmes to download and customise.

Dr Nick Draper is Head of the School of Sciences and Physical Education at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Dr Helen Marshall is a Lecturer and Researcher at the School of Sciences and Physical Education at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.