NUTRITION IN SPORT

Weightlifting: open to men only, with 10 weight classes from 54 to over 108 kg. Wrestling: Greco-Roman and freestyle compe- tit ...

The two main characteristics of this group of sports, therefore, are that, at least in most of them, competition is open to men ...

enced by the hormonal environment: important factors include the catecholamines, insulin, corti- costeroids, growth hormone, cyc ...

programme (Faulkner & White 1990). Strength training with high loads leads to an increase in the cross-sectional area of the ...

effort itself, but there must be, during the post- exercise period, an altered gene expression to cause an enhanced synthesis of ...

between training sessions, special protein sup- plements should be taken. 5 It is necessary to ensure an adequate intake of vita ...

the space of 3–4 days) by a combination of sweat- ing and severe restriction of food and fluid intake. This practice of making w ...

effect on serum growth hormone or insulin con- centrations (Fogelholm et al. 1993). There seems to be no substantial evidence to ...

R.H. Adrian & S.R. Geiger), pp. 555–631. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD. Sawka, M.N. & Pandolf, K.B. (1990) Effec ...

Introduction Racquet sports are played in all parts of the world and, in addition to being a popular form of recreational activi ...

range of 60–90% of maximal heart rate and 50–80%V . o2max.(Docherty 1982; Elliott et al. 1985; Garden et al. 1986; Reilly 1990; ...

(Elliotet al. 1985; Therminarias et al. 1991) and squash (Blanksby et al. 1980; Noakes et al. 1982) in moderate conditions and g ...

mance (serve velocity/accuracy, error rates) during 3 h of tennis play. Because a decline in blood glucose was not observed duri ...

Reilly, T. (1990) The racquet sports. In Physiology of Sports(ed. T. Reilly, N. Secher, P. Snell & C. Williams), pp. 337–369 ...

Introduction Most athletes are concerned with either attaining or maintaining an optimal body weight and com- position for their ...

Weight loss and weight maintenance techniques For both weight category sports and weight- controlled sports, the rate of weight ...

increased energy expenditure and decreased energy intake. The objective is to reach the desired goal weight over a reasonable pe ...

which are composed mostly of water, can be as high as 2–3 l · h–1in men acclimatized to heat over the short term, and up to 10–1 ...

ments. It has been estimated that the intracellular compartment can contribute 30–60% of the total; the interstitial fluid, 30–6 ...

been postulated to have negative health conse- quences (Brownell et al. 1987). These would include an increased energy efficienc ...