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Part I. Warming Up: Physiology 101Chapter 1. Muscles Move Us How Do Muscles Work? How Do Muscles Adapt to Training? How Do Muscle Cells Get Bigger and Stronger? Chapter 2. Food Really Is Fuel From Food to Energy How Do Nutrients Fuel Muscle? What About Vitamins and Minerals? Water Is a Nutrient, Too Chapter 3. Muscles Need Oxygen How Does Oxygen Get to Muscles? How Does Oxygen Use Relate to Fitness and Energy Expenditure? How Does Training Help the Body Use More Oxygen? Oxygen Delivery and Performance Enhancement Chapter 4. Fatigue: What Is It Good For? What Causes Fatigue? What's the Difference Between Fatigue and Overtraining? What Role Does Fatigue Play in Adaptations to Training? Part II. The Science of Training Program DesignChapter 5. Principles of Designing Training Programs What Are the Basics of Program Design? What Makes an Effective Training Program? Training Terms Chapter 6. Training to Improve Muscle Mass and Strength How Do Strength and Mass Increase? What's the Best Way to Gain Strength and Mass? What's the Role of Nutrition? Chapter 7. Training for Weight Loss Weight Loss Is All About Energy Balance Why Do Some People Have Difficulty Losing Weight? What's the Best Way to Lose Fat but Protect Muscle Mass? Chapter 8. Training for Speed and Power What Are Speed and Power? What Adaptations Are Needed to Improve Speed and Power? What Kinds of Training Improve Speed and Power? What Does a Speed and Power Training Session Look Like? Chapter 9. Training for Aerobic Endurance What Are the Main Adaptations to Aerobic Training? What's the Best Way to Improve Aerobic Endurance? Should Endurance Athletes Engage in Strength Training? Why Is Endurance Capacity Important for Sprinters and Team-Sport Athletes? Part III. Special Considerations Chapter 10. Heat, Cold, and Altitude Exercise in the Heat Impairs Performance Cold Stress Chills Performance Exercise at Altitude Chapter 11. Training Children, Older Adults, and Pregnant Women Do Children Respond Differently Than Adults to Exercise Training? Can Children Improve Strength With Training? Can Older Adults Adapt to Training? Should Women Exercise During Pregnancy?

Practical Guide to Exercise Physiology gives health and fitness professionals the confidence to design physiologically sound exercise programs and explain to clients the science supporting the program design.