Physiology of Exercise

The authors point out in the preface that this short monograph was prepared because of their conviction that the physical potentialities of the human machine are revealed to the greatest advantage by an analysis of the manner in which they meet the exacting requirements of exercise. The earlier chapters deal with the essential physiologic background required for an understanding of the response of the body to exercise. Only an elementary acquaintance with some of the basic principles of chemistry and physics has therefore been taken for granted with respect to the reader. Later chapters are concerned with skill, endurance, fatigue, training, environmental temperatures and other topics—all pertinent to work performance. A concise and well selected bibliography will be found at the end of each of the thirty chapters of the book.

The authors appear especially well qualified to present the physiology of exercise. One of them, in addition to a