| WEEK # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction |
In addition to chapters 1 and 2, read the specific chapter/fitness level for the event you are training for. |
| 2 | Basic systems of your body |  Moore, Keith L., and Arthur F. Dalley, eds. Clinically Orientated Anatomy. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999, pp. 2-58. ISBN: 9780683061413. |
| 3 | Training your body | * Charlton, Gerald A., and Michael H. Crawford. "Physiologic Consequences of Training." Cardiologic Clinics 15, no. 3 (1997): 345-354. * Sutton, John R. "Limitations to Maximal Oxygen Uptake." Sports Medicine 12, no. 2 (1992): 127-133. Sesboüe, B., and J.-Y. Guincestre. "Muscular Fatigue." Annales de réadaption et de médecine physique 49 (2006): 348-354. O'Toole, M., and P. Douglas. "Applied Physiology of Triathlon." Sports Medicine 19 (1995): 251-267. Maughan, R. J., and S. M. Shirreffs. "Recovery from Prolonged Exercise: Restoration of Water and Electrolyte Balance." Journal of Sports Medicine 15, no. 3 (June 1997): 297-303. Sharwood, K. A., M. Collins, J. H. Goedecke, G. Wilson, and T. D. Noakes. "Weight Changes, Medical Complications, and Performance During an Ironman Triathlon." British Journal of Sports Medicine 38 (2004): 718-724. Cairns, Simeon P. "Lactic Acid and Exercise Performance: Culprit or Friend?" Sports Medicine 36, no. 4 (2006): 279-291. Keslacy, S., S. Matecki, J. Carra, F. Borrani, R. Candau, C. Prefaut, and M. Ramonatxo. "Effect of Inspiratory Threshold Loading on Ventilatory Kinetics During Constant-load Exercise." American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrrative, and Comparative Physiology 289 (2005): R1618-R1624. |
| 4 | Nutrition and fueling your body | * Tipton, Kevin D., and Oliver C. Witard. "Protein Requirements and Recommendations for Athletes: Relevance of Ivory Tower Arguments for Practical Recommendations." Clinics in Sports Medicine 26 (2007): 17-36. * Burke, Louise M., and John A. Hawley. "Fat and Carbohydrate for Exercise." Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care 9, no. 4 (July 2006): 476-481. Rehrer, Nancy J. "Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in Ultra-endurance Sport." Sports Medicine 31, no. 10 (2001): 701-715. Venderley, Angela M., and Wayne W. Campbell. "Vegetarian Diets: Nutritional Considerations for Athletes." Sports Medicine 26, no. 4 (2006): 293-305. de Wit, J. N. "Nutritional and Functional Characteristics of Whey Proteins in Food Products." Journal of Dairy Science 81 (1998): 597-608. |
| 5 | Energy | * Bacon, L., and M. Kern. "Evaluating a Test Protocol for Predicting Maximum Lactate Steady State." The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 39 (1999): 300-308. * Vobejda, C., K. Fromme, W. Samson, and E. Zimmermann. "Maximal Constant Heart Rate - A Heart Rate Based Method to Estimate Maximal Lactate Steady State in Running." International Journal of Sports Medicine 27 (2006): 368-372. Gladden, M. B. "Lactate Metabolism: A New Paradigm for the Third Millennium." Journal of Physiology 558, no. 1 (2004): 5-30. Just read the first 8 pages. Optional Reading Pendergast, D., P. Zamparo, P. E. di Prampero, C. Capelli, P. Cerretelli, A. Termin, A. Craig Jr., D. Bushnell, D. Paschke, and J. Mollendorf. "Energy Balance of Human Locomotion in Water." European Journal of Applied Physiology 90 (2003): 377-386. Alexander, R. McNeill. "Models and the Scaling of Energy Costs for Locomotion." Journal of Experimental Biology 208 (2005): 1645-1652. |
| 6 | Science of swimming | * Craig, Albert B., Jr., and David R. Pendergast. "Relationships of Stroke Rate, Distance per Stroke, and Velocity in Competitive Swimming." Medicine and Science in Sports 11, no. 3 (1979): 278-283. * Toussaint, Huub M., Lex Bruinink, Remco Coster, Michiel de Looze, Bas van Rossem, Ruurd van Veenen, and Gert de Groot. "Effect of a Triathlon Wet Suit on Drag During Swimming." Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 21, no. 3 (1989): 325-328. Zamparo, P., D. R. Pendergast, J. Mollendorf, A. Termin, and A. E. Minetti. "An Energy Balance of Front Crawl." European Journal of Applied Physiology 94 (2005): 134-144. Haman, François. "Shivering in the Cold: From Mechanisms of Fuel Selection to Survival." Journal of Applied Physiology 100 (2006): 1702-1708. |
| 7 | Science of running and shoes | * Almond, Christopher S. D., Andrew Y. Shin, Elizabeth B. Fortescue, Rebekah C. Mannix, David Wypij, Bryce A. Binstadt, Christine N. Duncan, David P. Olson, Ann E. Salerno, Jane W. Newburger, and David S. Greenes. "Hyperthermia Among Runners in the Boston Marathon." The New England Journal of Medicine 352, no. 15 (April 2005): 1550-1556. * Levine, Benjamin D., and Paul D. Thompson. "Marathon Maladies." New England Journal of Medicine 352, no. 15 (April 2005): 1516-1518. * Millet, Gregoire P., and Veronica E. Vleck. "Physiological and Biomedical Adaptations to the New Cycle to Run Transition in Olympic Triathlon: Review and Practical Recommendations for Training." British Journal of Sports Medicine 34 (2000): 384-390. * Millet, G. P., and D. J. Bentley. "The Physiological Responses to Running After Cycling in Elite Junior and Senior Triathletes." International Journal of Sports Medicine 25, no. 3 (2004): 191-197. |
| 8 | Sports drinks, caffeine, alcohol, and their effect on exercise | * Titlow, Larry W., Jimmy H. Ishee, and Charles E. Riggs. "Failure of Caffeine to Affect Metabolism During 60 minute Submaximal Exercise." Journal of Sports Sciences 9 (1991): 15-22. * Spriet, Lawrence L. "Caffeine and Performance." International Journal of Sport Nutrition 5 (1995): S84-S99. * Magkos, Faidon, and Stavros A. Kavouras. "Caffeine Use in Sports, Pharmacokinetics in Man, and Cellular Mechanisms of Action." Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 45 (2005): 535-562. If you ever want to know what really happens to caffeine in your body, read this article. * Shirreffs, Susan M., and Ronald J. Maughan. "The Affect of Alcohol on Athletic Performance." Current Sports Medicine Reports 5, no. 4 (June 2006): 192-196. * Fitzgerald, Matt. "Planning for Perfection: Nail your Early-season Peak." Triathlete Magazine (April 2007). Williams, Michael B., Peter B. Raven, Donovan L. Fogt, and John L. Ivy. "Effects of Recovery Beverages on Glycogen Restoration and Endurance Exercise Performance." Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 17, no. 1 (2003): 12-19. Collomp, K., S. Ahmaidi, J. C. Chatard, M. Audran, and Ch. Préfaut. "Benefits of Caffeine Ingestion in Spring Performance in Trained and Untrained Swimmers." Journal of Applied Physiology 64 (1992): 377-380. Cheuvront, Samuel N., Robert J. Moffatt, Kyle D. Biggerstaff, Shawn Bearden, Paul McDonough. "Effectx of ENDUROX™ on Metabolic Responses to Submaximal Exercise." International Journal of Sport Nutrition 9 (1999): 434-442. |
| 9 | Inside your head | * Brisswalter, Jeanick, Maya Collardeau, Arcelin René. "Effects of Acute Physical Exercise Characteristics on Cognitive Performance." Sports Medicine 32, no. 9 (2002): 555-566. |
| 10 | Chemistry of clothing | (no readings) |
| 11 | Sports scandals | * Birkeland, Kåre I., and Peter Hemmersbach. "The Future of Doping Control in Athletes: Issues Related to Blood Sampling." Sports Medicine 28, no. 1 (1999): 25-33. * Saugy, M., N. Robinson, C. Saudan, N. Baume, L. Avois, P. Mangin. "Human Growth Hormone Doping in Sport." British Journal of Sports Medicine 40, suppl. 1 (2006): i35-i39. Juhn, Mark S. "Popular Sports Supplements and Ergogenic Aids." Sports Medicine 33, no. 12 (2003): 921-939. This is a great article to review the 14 supplements that athletes are known to use. |
| 12 | Tapering | * Mujika, Inigo, Sabino Padilla, David Pyne, and Thierry Busso. "Physiological Changes Associated with Pre-event Taper in Athletes." Sports Medicine 24, no. 13 (2004): 891-927. * Hooper, Sue L., Laurel Traeger Mackinnon, and Enid M. Ginn. "Effects of Three Tapering Techniques on the Performance Forces and Psychometric Measure of Competitive Swimmers." European Journal of Applied Physiology 78, no. 3 (1998): 258-263. * Hue, O., S. Antoine-Jonville, and F. Sara. "The Effect of 8 days of Training in Tropical Environment on Performance in Neutral Climate in Swimmers." International Journal of Sports Medicine 28, no. 1 (January 2007): 48-52. Morton, R. Hugh, John R. Fitz-Clarke, and Eric W. Banister. "Modeling Human Performance in Running." Journal of Applied Physiology 69, no. 3 (September 1990): 1171-1177. This is an interesting article that develops a mathematical model of a runner. |
| 13 | Triathlon logistics | * Jeukendrup, Asker E., Roy L. P. G. Jentjens, and Luke Moseley. "Nutritional Considerations in Triathlon." Sports Medicine 35, no. 2 (2005): 163-181. * Van Schuylenbergh, R., B. Vanden Eynde, and P. Hespel. "Prediction of Sprint Triathlon Performance from Laboratory Tests." European Journal of Applied Physiology 91 (2004): 94-99. * Peeling, P. D., D. J. Bishop, and G. J. Landers. "Effect of Swimming Intensity on Subsequent Cycling and Overall Triathlon Performance." British Journal of Sports Medicine 39 (2005): 960-964. |
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