Exercise Physiology 8E International Edition

Setting the standard for more than 30 years, Exercise Physiology has helped more than 350,000 students build a solid foundation in the scientific principles underlying modern exercise physiology. This Eighth Edition is updated with the latest research in the field to give you easy-to-understand, up-to-date coverage of how nutrition, energy transfer, and exercise training affect human performance.

Get quick access to the resources available to help you master each section of the text with “Ancillaries at a Glance.”
Maximize your study time with the book’s vibrant, “magazine style” design that makes the content more engaging and accessible and key information easier to find.

Reinforce your understanding with Chapter Objectives, Integrative Questions that pose open-ended questions for reflection on complex concepts, and FYI sections that offer “good to know” information.

• NEW! Get your students actively involved in the content through the new “magazine style” layout that makes the text feel more accessible.
• NEW! Help your students succeed in the course by referring them to “Ancillaries at a Glance” boxes that outline the tools they can use for extra practice and reinforcement.
• NEW! Enhance your students’ visual understanding through new, pedagogically sound artwork in every chapter.
• NEW! Help your students stay current with advances in the field with updated content that reflects the latest trends and findings of the profession.
• NEW! Give students a gateway to the latest research in the field through one-click access to every reference in the book (accessible online at the free companion website).
• Help your students gain an understanding of how researchers contribute to our knowledge of exercise physiology through engaging section-opening interviews with key figures in the field.
• Give students easy access to resources available to help them master each section of the text with “Ancillaries at a Glance.”
• Reinforce your students’ understanding with Chapter Objectives, Integrative Questions that pose open-ended questions for reflection on complex concepts, and FYI sections that offer “good to know” information.
• Show your students how theoretical concepts relate to practical skills through “In a Practical Sense” features.
• Enhance student understanding of the most relevant current information in the field through figures and tables that clarify important concepts and information.
• Help your students gain an understanding of the past, present, and future of the profession through coverage of important milestones and future directions in the field.
• Extend your students’ learning beyond the book with the free companion website for anywhere, anytime access to over 30 animations of key exercise physiology concepts, as well as the book’s complete list of references.

Gain an understanding of how researchers contribute to our knowledge of exercise physiology through engaging section-opening interviews with key figures in the field.

Learn how theoretical concepts relate to practical skills through “In a Practical Sense” features.

Access the most relevant current information in the field through figures and tables that clarify important concepts and information.

Gain an understanding of the past, present, and future of the profession through coverage of important milestones and future directions in the field.

Visit the free companion website for anywhere, anytime access to over 30 animations of key exercise physiology concepts, the book’s complete list of references, and more.

William D McArdle PhD

Frank I Katch
Retired Professor of Exercise Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Victor L Katch
Professor, Department of Movement Science, Division of Kinesiology, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI