1st Edition

Extreme and Rare Sports: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition

Edited By Sourya Datta, Debasis Bagchi Copyright 2019
    388 Pages 6 Color & 6 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    406 Pages 6 Color & 6 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    406 Pages 6 Color & 6 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Two crucial components of a healthy life are nutrition and exercise. The importance of appropriate diet, food and nutrition are extremely important to be successful in sports, and, especially, in extreme sports. Extreme sport is an activity where a participant must demonstrate both mental and physical skills. This type of activity provides an adrenaline rush to individuals who are part of the "community of extreme sportsmen."



    Extreme sports provide opportunity for individuals to be active and fit with added enjoyment of partaking in a fun activity. Extreme sports in conjunction with proper nutrition helps to boost immunity and resistance against common infections. Studies have also exhibited that sports and exercise activities help in managing effective work-life balance as well.



    Extreme and Rare Sports: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition provides a comprehensive treatise on extreme sports emphasizing the importance of nutrition and research-driven nutraceutical supplements in injury prevention and treatment. The book presents information on the nutritional requirements of sports activities on land, in water, or with high altitude-base. It covers a wide variety of definitions, philosophies, thoughts and practices involved with structurally diverse extreme sports.





    Features:





    • Discusses specific food and nutritional requirements in extreme sports


    • Provides information on the importance of functional foods, nutrition and structurally diverse phytonutrients for different sports


    • Features information on Olympic and diverse extreme sports


    • Details the importance of hydration and use of gelatin; skeletal muscle damage and recovery from eccentric contractions; and information on dietary supplements and antioxidants


    • Presents analysis on growth, marketing, techniques, and future of extreme sports

    Contents

    Preface …………………………………………………………………………………….xi

    Editors …………………………………………………………………………………….xv

    Contributors …………………………………………………………..……………….xvii

    Section I Introduction to Extreme Sports

    Chapter 1 Extreme Endurance Sports – Why Not Just Sports? ..…………….3

    David Townes

    Section II Extreme Sports: Swimming,

    Contact, and Combat Sports and

    Factors Affecting Extreme Sports

    Chapter 2 Open-Water Swimming ……………………………………………………..…. 11

    Paola Zamparo, Roberto Baldassarre, Marco Bonifazi, and

    Maria Francesca Piacentini

    Chapter 3 Contact and Combat Sports: Sports Nutrition Benefits …………..……. 35

    Jonathan Mike

    Chapter 4 An Overview on the Nutritional Requirements for Athletes

    Engaged in Extreme Endurance Events ……………………………………..…………….49

    Chad Kerksick

    Section III Overview of Food and

    Nutritional Requirements

    for Diverse Extreme Sports

    Chapter 5 Functional Foods: Role in Endurance Sports …………………………………. 73

    Kamesh Venkatakrishnan and Chin-Kun Wang

    Chapter 6 Prosthetics and Limb Health in Extreme Sports ……………………………. 115

    Sashwati Roy, Shomita S. Mathew-Steiner, and Chandan K. Sen

    Chapter 7 Nutritional Requirements in Extreme Sports ………………………………..127

    Matthew Butawan, Jade L. Caldwell, and Richard J. Bloomer

    Chapter 8 Dietary Supplements for Use in Extreme Sports ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 143

    Nicholas J.G. Smith, Matthew Butawan, and Richard J. Bloomer

    Chapter 9 Intake of Selected Nutrients and Some Morphological and

    Biochemical Blood Parameters of Professional Athletes ………………………………. 177

    Estera Nowacka-Polaczyk, Teresa Leszczynska, Aneta Kopec,

    and Jerzy Zawistowski

    Chapter 10 Testosterone in Sport: The Androgen Response to Extreme

    Endurance Exercise ……………………………………………………………………………… 193

    Jake Shelley, Christopher Howe, Hannah Jayne Moir, and

    Andrea Petróczi

    Chapter 11 Physical Performance and Antioxidants ……………………………………. 205

    Wataru Aoi and Yuji Naito

    Section IV Olympic Sports and Evolution

    of Current Extreme Sports

    Chapter 12 Greek Olympic Sports: The Beginning of Modern

    Extreme Sports ………………………………………………………………………………………. 219

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    Chapter 13 An Overview of Extreme Sports ……………………………………………….…. 237

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    Chapter 14 An Overview of Challenging Mountain and High Altitude Sports …………. 259

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    Chapter 15 Structurally Diverse Water Sports in Extreme Conditions …………………….277

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    Section V Importance of Hydration

    and Use of Gelatin

    Chapter 16 An Overview on the Beneficial Effects of Hydration …………………………….297

    Douglas S. Kalman

    Chapter 17 Versatile Use of Gelatin in Functional Food and Nutraceuticals………………..... 311

    Douglas S. Kalman

    Section VI Impact of Eccentric Exercise

    on Muscle and Adaption

    of Body and Muscles

    Chapter 18 Skeletal Muscle Damage and Recovery from Eccentric

    Contractions......................................................................................................... 321

    Eisuke Ochi and Yosuke Tsuchiya

    Section VII Growth, Marketing Techniques,

    and Future of Extreme Sports

    Chapter 19 Extreme Sports: Growth Prospect, Marketing Potential, and

    Opportunities: A Commentary........................................................................... 341

    Sourya Datta and Debasis Bagchi

    Index ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 353

    Biography

    Sourya Datta, Debasis Bagchi

    'This edited volume presents the diverse needs of extreme sports athletes in regard to motivation, nutrition, and functional requirements. Defining extreme sports as those sports that push an athlete's limits both physically and mentally (as, for example, in an Ironman event) or that are "unusual and dangerous" by nature (for example, parkour or paragliding), the editors argue that the variability of extreme sports demands that specialized attention be devoted to ensuring that such athletes can meet the specific demands of their particular sport. The book's 19 chapters convey unusual contrastive portraits: for example the needs of an athlete competing in an open-water endurance swim differ from those of one competing in a high-altitude mountain biking race. Discussion covers training and nutritional techniques, including use of so-called nutraceutical supplements, affecting an athlete's pre-competition, mid-event, and post-competition experience. One chapter addresses the specific role of hydration in varying circumstances. Other chapters explore muscle development and recovery during extreme sport engagement, including recovery from "eccentric contractions." This text is novel in providing information that is rarely encountered in resources dedicated to traditional sports. Its unique focus may enable further discovery of existing gaps in the literature.'

    --C. Hauff, University of South Alabama, in Choice Connect, vol 57

    Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through faculty and professionals.



    **Description**
    This book explains what extreme sports are, their nutritional and energy
    requirements, their evolution and history, and the growth, market, and future
    of these sports.

    **Purpose**
    The purpose is to foster a greater understanding of the types of extreme sports
    and the unique nutritional, physical, and mental demands of each. The book
    breaks down the different types of sports into land, water, and high-altitude
    and discusses both traditional and nontraditional extreme sports. With
    increasing participation in these sports all around the world, this book is a
    much-needed resource for the unique needs of these athletes.

    **Audience**
    It is intended for sports practitioners, health professionals, sports
    enthusiasts, and sports nutritionists, along with food experts and researchers.
    It is most suitable for those looking to gain a greater understanding of
    extreme sports and how to improve performance, prevent injury, and improve
    training practices for these athletes.

    **Features**
    This book covers topics related to the specific requirements needed by athletes
    who perform extreme sports. The authors do a thorough job of breaking down the
    sports into different categories and expanding on the demands, both mental and
    physical, that are unique to each of them. Factors such as extreme
    temperatures, altitude, and excessive energy demands during these events are
    addressed and research-driven information on nutraceutical supplements and
    functional foods are discussed. Since these factors create an added challenge
    for athletes and the practitioners who work with them, they must be understood
    in order to develop better training programs and ultimately improve performance
    in the sport. The book also reviews ergogenic and nutritional aids and their
    value in each sport.

    **Assessment**
    This is an interesting and comprehensive look into the world of extreme sports.
    With the rapid growth of adventure racing, ultramarathons, and the less
    traditional diverse sports (bouldering, caving, hang gliding, etc.), more
    research is needed to further understand the specific needs of these athletes.
    This book does a great job of breaking down the book into seven detailed
    sections. Most notable for readers probably is the physical requirements of
    each sport and the importance of nutraceuticals and functional foods for these
    athletes to improve performance and prevent injury. A unique feature is the
    chapter discussing the use of prosthetics and limb health in extreme sports and
    how technology, with improved fit and material, enables these athletes to
    participate with fewer limitations. Overall, this book is comprehensive and
    well organized.

    -- Melissa Mellady, MS(Northwestern Medicine Executive Health)