Sport Exercise and Environmental Physiology

By
Thomas Reilly, BA, DipPE, MSc, PhD, DSc, DHC, FIBiol, FErgS, Director, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Jim Waterhouse, BA(Oxon), DPhil(Oxon)

Description
This thorough book collates the relationships between exercise and the environment into one efficient volume. The aim of this text is to provide a comprehensive coverage of the environmental influences that impact the individual when exercising or competing in sport. The main environmental factors are considered, and the physiological reactions to discrete environmental stresses are described and methods of adaptation or coping are explained.