The Endurance Paradox: Bone Health for the Endurance Athlete - Rilegato

Whipple, Thomas J; Eckhardt, Robert B

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ISBN 10: 1598746170 ISBN 13: 9781598746174

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2011

Riassunto

The endurance athlete faces a paradox―you’re going farther and faster, you’re feeling stronger, but your bones are getting weaker. New, compelling evidence shows that the very activities that expand our mental and physical abilities may be reducing the durability of our skeletons. In this book, Thomas Whipple, a leading orthopaedic clinical specialist, and Robert Eckhardt, a scientist specializing in the musculoskeletal system, team up to explain how athletes at any level can maintain the delicate balance between endurance exercise and optimum bone health over a lifetime. Translating important scientific advances into accessible language, they explain the muscle-bone connection, and cover training strategies and exercises, nutrition, calcium, stress fractures, rehabilitation, running mechanics, footwear, posture, and pharmaceuticals. An essential guide and ideal text for exercise physiologists, endurance athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and coaches.

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"...The Endurance Paradox is well-researched and provides a wealth of valuable training and dietary information on an important topic which has long been overlooked and misunderstood by the endurance sports market. I highly recommend it to athletes and coaches."...- Joe Friel, Head Coach, Training Bible Coaching, and co-author, Paleo Diet for Athletes

"The Endurance Paradox offers insight on training technique and theory, presents current nutrition concepts, and discusses the impact of hormones and strength training, thereby providing a big picture approach to the art of endurance training. Many sport nutrition books that address bone health seem to focus primarily on the female athlete, yet Whipple and Eckhardt bring both genders into the dicussion and draw attention to some key hormonal and dietary considerations aimed at helping both male and female athletes maximize bone health. This book serves as a great overview for athletes and practitioners as it deals with principles that can be applied to athletes of all abilities. The topics represent essential considerations for balancing the potentially tenuous relationship between endurance exercise and bone health."--Kristine Spence, SCAN's PULSE

"...Many endurance athletes perform strength-training that causes harm to their bodies, impairing their overall goals of better performance. This notably includes the full spectrum of bone loss leading to common injuries. The Endurance Paradox will help you positively address this common problem. Authors Thomas J. Whipple and Robert B. Eckhardt clear up many misconceptions about bone and muscle health and fitness, and in an easy-to-apply, holistic way, discussing simple, short, and effective workout plans you can perform at home. Just as important, they discuss how diet, nutrition, hormone balance, and other lifestyle factors influence bone health.

The Endurance Paradox is also a must for all coaches and healthcare professionals who work with endurance athletes.

This is truly an intelligent approach to a subject all endurance athletes should read. The notion of weight lifting to improve bone strength without inducing muscle fatigue and stress is natural, safe, and complimentary. And, it fits well into an overall endurance program."...--Dr. Philip Maffetone, author, The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing

"...I am very surprised and impressed by this book because the authors have seen through the fog of the plethora of research in this field and have made sensible, logical and clear recommendations. The book is well researched and offers excellent practical advice."...- Dr. Graham Fletcher, PhD, Sport Scientist, The Univeristy of Fraser Valley, Former British Triathlon National Team Coach

L'autore:

Tom Whipple has been working with both recreational and competitive athletes as an orthopaedic physical therapist for over 20 years. He holds academic degrees in Physical Therapy (Northwestern University) and Orthopaedics (Georgia State University) as well as a certificate in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy from the McKenzie Institute, U.S.A. He was recognized as an Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist by the American Physical Therapy Association (2000) and was certified by Nicholas Romanov, PhD as a Pose Running Coach in 2004. His clinical
practice at Penn State Sports Medicine is dedicated to the prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries in athletes with a special interest in stress fractures. He has held university teaching positions and has provided continuing education courses for practicing clinicians across the United States. In collaboration with scientists from The Pennsylvania State University he is pursuing research related to bone physiology in response to different exercise, nutritional, and hormonal states. He is married to Jody where together in central Pennsylvania they are raising their two children, Jacob and Abbey. Robert B Eckhardt, PhD, is Professor of Developmental Genetics and Evolutionary Morphology in the Department of Kinesiology at the Pennsylvania State University, where he is head of the Laboratory for the Comparative Study of Morphology, Mechanics and Molecules. He has been conducting and publishing research for over forty years, specializing in the development and evolution of the human musculoskeletal system. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Australian Research Council, and several private foundations. He has published numerous scientific papers and books, most recently Human Paleobiology (Cambridge University Press, 2000). His laboratory was part of a research team that proved that the origin of bipedal locomotion occurred two million years earlier than previously realized. Dr. Eckhardt was an active recreational runner for several decades before shifting to vigorous daily walking for a more optimum balance between cardiovascular and biomechanical outcomes. Margot Putukian (Foreword author), MD, FACSM, is Director of Athletic Medicine at Princeton University and former president of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. She also has served on the NCAA's Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports Committee and the Strategic Initiative Task Force for Active Girls and Women. Bernd Heinrich (Foreword author) is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology, University of Vermont. He is a record-setting distance runner, a member of the American Ultrarunning Association Hall of Fame, and author of over fifteen books based on his research into the physiological and behavioral adaptations of animals to their environments. Nicholas Romanov (Foreword author), PhD, is a world renowned authority on running and founder of the Pose Method, which enhances efficiency and performance in running, jumping and throwing, swimming, cycling, gymnastics, speed skating, cross-country skiing and many other athletic events. Dr. Romanov is a two-time Olympic Coach who has worked with many national teams and is author of the internationally bestselling book The Pose Method of Running. Currently he conducts clinics and seminars all over the world in association with sports clubs, national governing bodies, and universities.

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1598746170
• ISBN 13: 9781598746174
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 220