2nd edition, hard cover, 469 pages.
Foreword by Kilian Jornet.
Endurance Training - Science and Practice is a comprehensive and accessible guide for exercise and sport scientists, students, coaches and athletes who want to know all the intricacies of preparing for and adapting to endurance activity. This second edition is essentially a completely new book that represents a substantial advance in knowledge and practical experience, and reflects the growth of the field since the publication of the original edition in 2012.
This fully revised and updated second edition of Endurance Training – Science and Practice represents a substantial step forward in knowledge and practical experience, and reflects the growth of the field since the publication of the original edition in 2012. Improved scientific understanding is translated to advice that can have a meaningful impact on endurance training practice. This new book is a comprehensive and accessible guide for exercise and sport scientists, students, coaches and athletes who want to know all the important principles of preparing for and adapting to endurance activity. With an improved design and format, this book provides a broad base of knowledge and serves as an in-depth resource for all those involved in research and practice of endurance sports, the fitness industry or health promotion.
This second edition benefits from the collective theoretical knowledge, practical insights and expertise of 68 international contributors. This group comprises academics and successful sport science and coaching practitioners directly involved with endurance athletes on a daily basis. The book covers all the scientific and practical aspects of endurance training and performance: the physiological determinants of endurance capacity; training design to optimize endurance performance and avoid undesirable outcomes including detraining and overtraining; the adaptations that endurance training induces in the major systems of the body; nutritional and psychological recommendations for optimal endurance training and racing; advice on working with female, young, and Paralympic endurance athletes, as well as team-sport athletes; dealing with stressful environmental conditions; and medical issues related to endurance training and competition.
The systematic approach followed in the second edition of Endurance Training – Science and Practice makes this book invaluable to all athletes, coaches, researchers and practitioners involved in endurance training.
The second edition of Endurance Training − Science and Practice is essentially a completely new book: ten of the original chapters have been written by 18 new authors, and nine other chapters have benefitted from the input of 13 new coauthors.
The nine chapters written by the same original authors have been either completely rewritten or thoroughly revised and updated.
In addition, the book contains a number of new chapters, including:
Most importantly, the majority of the 68 contributors are not only prestigious academics, but also successful sport science and coaching practitioners directly involved with endurance athletes on a daily basis. This book benefits from their collective theoretical and practical insights, and hard-earned real-world experience.
Foreword. Kilian Jornet.
Preface. Iñigo Mujika.
Acknowledgements.
1. Periodization of Endurance Training
Thomas Haugen & Espen Tønnessen
2. Physiological Determinants of Endurance Performance
Øyvind Sandbakk
3. Quantification of Endurance Training and Competition Loads
Michael I. Lambert
4. Training Intensity Distribution: the Why Behind the What
Stephen Seiler
5. Developing Aerobic Power with High-Intensity Interval Training
Paul B. Laursen & Martin Buchheit
6. Strength Training for Endurance Performance
Per Aagaard & Truls Raastad
7. Recovery for Endurance Training
Shona L. Halson, Christos K. Argus, Shane F. O’Riordan & Jessica M. Stephens
8. Tapering for Optimal Performance: Current State of Knowledge
J. Patrick Neary, M. Abdullah Shafiq & Jyotpal Singh
9. Pacing: Combining Pre-Competition Pacing Strategy and Competitive Tactics to Derive Within-Competition Decision Making
Carl Foster, Jos J. De Koning, Arturo Casado & Andrew Renfree
10. Training Cessation
Laurent Bosquet, Nicolas Berryman & Iñigo Mujika
11. Overtraining − What Do We Know?
Romain Meeusen, Luk Buyse & Kevin De Pauw
12. The Molecular Bases of Endurance Training Adaptation
Regula Furrer, John A. Hawley & Christoph Handschin
13. Cardiovascular Adaptations to Endurance Training
Darren E. R. Warburton & Shannon S. D. Bredin
14. Metabolic Adaptations to Training
Jamie Whitfield
15. Muscular Adaptations to Endurance Training
Louise Deldicque & Marc Francaux
16. Tendon and Bone Adaptations to Endurance Training
Taija Finni, Timo Rantalainen, Saija Karinkanta & Riku Nikander
17. Endurance Training and Hormonal Responses: Contemporary Perspectives
Anthony C. Hackney
18. Endurance Training and Athlete Immune Health
Deb Dulson & Lauren Keaney
19. Testing and Assessing Adaptation to Endurance Training
Daniel Bok & Daniel Boullosa
20. Genetics and Endurance Performance
Malcolm Collins & Andrew N. Bosch
21. Psychological Factors in Endurance Sport
Jeff Simons
22. Nutrition for Endurance Training and Competition
Louise M. Burke
23. Endurance Training and Health
Stephen R. Bird & Andy Smith
24. The Female Endurance Athlete
Guro Strøm Solli & Kerry McGawley
25. Endurance Capacity and Training in Children and Adolescents
Joey C. Eisenmann, Jason Hettler, Clemens Drenowatz & Robert M. Malina
26. The Paralympic Endurance Athlete
Ben Stephenson & Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey
27. Training and Competing in the Cold
Stephen S. Cheung Endurance
28. Training and Competition at Altitude
Laura A. Lewis & Avish P. Sharma
29. Unhealthy Air and Water Environments: Effects on Endurance Training and Competition
Randall L. Wilber
30. Effects of Long-Distance Journeys upon Endurance Training: Travel Fatigue and Jet Lag
Benjamin J. Edwards
31. Medical Issues of Endurance Training and Competition
Jane Thornton & Paddy McCluskey
32. Endurance Training for Team-Sport Athletes
Carlo Castagna & Peter Krustrup
33. Training and Competing in the Heat
Lars Nybo & Carsten Lundby