1st Edition
Maximising Performance in Hot Environments A Problem-Based Learning Approach
By Christopher Tyler
Copyright 2019
226 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Ensuring high levels of performance and safety in hot climates is a key consideration for sport scientists and coaches. Maximising Performance in Hot Environments is the first book with a project-based approach to focus solely on exercise in this common climactic condition, providing students and coaches with a clear and concise introduction to working with athletes in the heat. Rigorous in its... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Basics of Human Thermoregulation
3. How Hot is Hot? Measuring Thermal Stress and Strain
4. The Effect of High Ambient Temperatures on Exercise Performance
5. The Effect of High Ambient Temperatures on Cognitive Function
6. Heat Acclimation and Acclimatision
7. Cooling
8. (De)Hydration
9. Heat-related Injury and Illness
Biography
Christopher J. Tyler is an environmental physiologist at the University of Roehampton, UK. His main research interest focuses on the role that cooling interventions may play in improving exercise performance in hot conditions.
