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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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The Importance of Body Size | |
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Size and Function: Lessons From Allometry | |
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Adjusting Physiologic Variables for Body Size | |
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Growth and Exercise | |
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Influence of Growth Factors on Physical Fitness | |
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Effects of Exercise on Growth | |
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The Impact of Puberty | |
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The Process of Puberty | |
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Physiologic and Anatomic Expression of Sexual Maturation | |
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Pubertal Effects on Physical Fitness | |
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Influence of Exercise on Sexual Maturation | |
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The Metabolic Machinery | |
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Basic Concepts in Exercise Physiology | |
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Resting ATP Stores | |
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Glycolysis | |
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Aerobic Metabolism | |
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Training Effects | |
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Are Children Metabolic Nonspecialists? | |
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Aerobic Fitness | |
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The Development of VO2max | |
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Ontogenetic Scaling Exponents for VO2max | |
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Is VO2max (or Peak VO2) Really VO2max? Physiology and Semantics | |
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The Meaning of Physiologic Aerobic Fitness | |
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Does VO2max Reflect the Development of Endurance Fitness? | |
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Oxygen Uptake Kinetics | |
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The Relationship Between Aerobic Fitness and Physical Activity | |
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Sex Differences in VO2max | |
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Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise | |
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Relating Cardiac Variables to Body Size | |
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Circulatory Responses to Exercise: The Basics | |
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Cardiovascular Responses to Acute Progressive Exercise | |
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Myocardial Energetics | |
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Heritability of Cardiac Size | |
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Isometric (Static) Exercise | |
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Ventilation Responses | |
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Developmental Changes in Ventilatory Components | |
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Ventilatory Mechanics | |
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Control of Ventilation | |
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Maintaining Normoxemia | |
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Prolonged Steady-State Exercise | |
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Energy Demands of Weight-Bearing Locomotion | |
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The Meaning of Economy: Is Allometry Appropriate? | |
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Stride Frequency | |
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The Cost of Generating Force Hypothesis | |
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Stride Efficiency and Elastic Recoil | |
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Muscular Efficiency | |
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Muscle Co-contraction | |
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Sex Differences in Economy | |
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Uphill and Downhill Running | |
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Implications for Aerobic Fitness | |
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Short-Burst Activities and Anaerobic Fitness | |
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Metabolic Anaerobic Fitness | |
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Laboratory Anaerobic Fitness: Wingate Cycle Testing | |
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Short-Burst Fitness in the Field: Sprinting | |
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Ventilatory Anaerobic Threshold | |
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Explosive Power: Vertical Jump | |
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Muscle Strength | |
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Dimensionality Theory and Allometric Scaling | |
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Development of Muscle Strength | |
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Determinants of Muscle Strength Development | |
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Explaining Qualitative Changes | |
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Muscle Damage | |
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Responses to Physical Training | |
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Resistance Training | |
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Trainability of Fitness in Short-Burst Activities | |
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Aerobic Trainability | |
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Thermoregulation | |
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Maturational Changes | |
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Heat and Exercise Intolerance | |
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Fluid Balance | |
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The Central Nervous System and Physiologic Fitness | |
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The CNS "Governor" | |
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Perception of Exercise Stress | |
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Autonomic Neurological Influences | |
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CNS Control of Physical Activity | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Index | |
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About the Author | |