2nd Edition

Fatigue in Sport and Exercise

By Shaun Phillips Copyright 2024
326 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Fatigue is an important concern for athletes at all levels, recreational sport and exercise participants, athletic coaches, personal trainers, and fitness professionals. The study of fatigue is also important for students of the sport, exercise, and health sciences, as it enables a deeper understanding of fundamental physical function and the limitations behind human performance. There remains... Read more

Section 1:  What is Fatigue?

1. Conceptualising, Measuring, and Researching Fatigue in Sport and       Exercise   

Section 2: What Causes (and What does not Cause) Fatigue?

2. Energy Depletion   

3. Metabolic Acidosis   

4. Environmental Stress   

5. Potassium, Calcium, and Inorganic Phosphate   

6. Central Fatigue, and Central Regulation of Performance   

7. Mental Fatigue 

Section 3: Fatigue: Is it the Same for Everyone?

8. Influence of Sport and Exercise Demand on Fatigue Mechanisms   

9. Influence of Biological Sex and Training Statis on Fatigue   

Section 4:  Summary: Where Next?

10. Conclusion   

 

 

 

Biography

Shaun Phillips, PhD is Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, with 15 years experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate sport and exercise science, strength and conditioning, and physical activity for health students. His research interests focus on fatigue and human performance, and high-intensity interval exercise as a population health tool. Alongside his academic expertise, Shaun has provided research and consultancy services for elite and professional sport and health organisations, including the FIA Young Driver Excellence Academy and Rally Star programmes, Heart of Midlothian Football Club, The Scottish Institute of Sport, the Scottish Female Hockey Team, and the National Health Service.