The Hidden Mechanics of Exercise : : Molecules That Move Us / / Christopher M. Gillen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Chemistry, Materials Sc, Biol, Geosc 2014
• VerfasserIn: Gillen, Christopher M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 9 halftones, 24 line illustrations

As anyone who takes up a new sport quickly discovers, even basic athletic moves require high levels of coordination and control. Whether dribbling a basketball or hitting a backhand, limbs must be synchronized and bodies balanced, all with precise timing. But no matter how diligently we watch the pr...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Prologue: Molecules in Motion
• Chapter 1. Function Follows Form
• Chapter 2. An Experiment of One
• Chapter 3. The Gene for Gold Medals
• Chapter 4. Not Too Fast, Not Too Slow
• Chapter 5. Lactic Acid Acquitted
• Chapter 6. Catch an Edge
• Chapter 7. Your Brain on Exercise
• Chapter 8. Live High
• Chapter 9. Run Like a Woman
• Chapter 10. Drinking Games
• Chapter 11. More Gain, Less Pain
• Chapter 12. Chasing the Holy Grail
• Epilogue: The Next Race
• Appendix: Visualizing Protein Structures
• Notes
• Glossary
• Acknowledgments
• Index