Performing in Extreme Environments

By Larry Armstrong and Lawrence Armstrong

Book Overview

Counteract the perils of exercise in extreme environments with this thoroughly researched reference. Renowned exercise researcher Lawrence Armstrong, PhD, distills more than a decade of scientific study regarding exercise in hostile environments in this unique and valuable reference. The only book of its kind in print, Performing in Extreme Environments explains how to maintain optimal health and fitness during work or exercise in a multitude of stressful environments. Numerous taxing environmental conditions are covered: heat, high altitude, humidity, air pollution, cold, windchill, day length, air ions, and underwater pressure. Performing in Extreme Environments identifies: -How body organs are affected in stressful environments -Ways that physical factors alter exercise performance -How medical disorders impact performance -Tips to improve performance and avoid illness Learn how adjustments in behavior, training patterns, eating habits, fluids, clothing, medications or the air mixture breathed can greatly impact performance. This reference delineates how to recognize symptoms of such conditions as hyper- and hypothermia, dehydration, heatstroke, decompression sickness, jet lag, and high-altitude pulmonary and cerebral edema. It also provides emergency first aid recommendations. You can also determine hydration levels with a colored urine chart printed on the book's back cover.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880118377
• ISBN13: 9780880118378
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Performance in the Extremes Made Easy to Understand

Lawrence Armstrong, one of the most respected exercise physiologists today, has done a wonderful job with bringing difficult topics back down to earth. In this book, Armstrong discusses everything from cold and windchill to altitude to heat, and how your body responds to these extremes.The area of human performance and the effect the environment has on it is not always easy to understand. I think that Armstrong has done a great job in relaying pertinent information, especially on cold and altitude, in an easily understandable fashion. You don't have to be a physiologist yourself to learn from this book.For anyone interested in human performance, from beginners to experts, this is a text you would want to have on your shelf.