Faster, higher, stronger : how sports science is creating a new generation of superathletes, and what we can learn from them
Title:
Faster, higher, stronger : how sports science is creating a new generation of superathletes, and what we can learn from them
Author:
McClusky, Mark.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Hudson Street Press, 2014.
Physical Description:
xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
Veteran journalist Mark McClusky brings readers behind the scenes with a new generation of athletes, coaches, and scientists whose accomplishments are changing our understanding of human physical achievement and completely redefining the limits of the human body.
Language:
English
Contents:
Hacking the athlete -- Gold Medal genetics -- Eating to win -- The search for excellence -- The fast track to greatness -- Learning to be the best -- Tools of the trade -- What getting tired means -- Staying strong -- The numbers game -- Athlete's little helper -- The limits of performance.
ISBN:
9781594631535
Format :
Book
