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Running for Women

Your Complete Guide for a Lifetime of Running

Author: Jason Karp and Carolyn Smith  

Offers training guidance for female runners. This book explains the physiology and anatomy of female runners and provides guidance for training differently from men. It offers guidelines for tailoring training to the menstrual cycle for maximum response and adaptation as well as determining the best times to perform the various types of training.

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Offers training guidance for female runners. This book explains the physiology and anatomy of female runners and provides guidance for training differently from men. It offers guidelines for tailoring training to the menstrual cycle for maximum response and adaptation as well as determining the best times to perform the various types of training.

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This title offers training guidance for female runners. For those seeking a comprehensive book that appeals to both recreational fitness runners and serious performance runners and that uniquely addresses a female audience, look no further - "Running for Women" is that book. Exercise physiologist Jason Karp has teamed up with physician and USA Track & Field ultramarathon champion Dr. Carolyn Smith to meet this need with "Running for Women", a book that explains the physiology and anatomy of female runners and provides guidance for training differently from men. The book presents guidelines for tailoring training to the menstrual cycle for maximum response and adaptation as well as determining the best times to perform the various types of training outlined in the book. Throughout the book, cutting-edge workouts target various competitive goals like endurance building, speed and strength training, lactate threshold training and VO2max training.

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Critic Reviews

“"Using meticulous research, Karp and Smith have created a practical and intriguing masterpiece for female runners of all ages and abilities. Highly recommended!" Lorraine Moller-- Boston Marathon Winner, Olympic Marathon Medalist, Cofounder of the Lydiard Foundation, Author of On the Wings of Mercury "In Running for Women, Carolyn Smith and Jason Karp combine scientific research with realistic guidelines that all women can follow to combat the effects of aging." Meghan Arbogast-- Four-Time Qualifier to the Olympic Marathon Trials, Team USA Leader at World 100K Championships, World-Record Holder for 50+ Age Group in the 100K "In Running for Women, Dr. Karp and Dr. Smith provide women and their coaches a clear path to success and enjoyment in training and racing." Joe Compagni-- Director and Head Coach, Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Monmouth University”

"Using meticulous research, Karp and Smith have created a practical and intriguing masterpiece for female runners of all ages and abilities. Highly recommended!"

Lorraine Moller-- Boston Marathon Winner, Olympic Marathon Medalist, Cofounder of the Lydiard Foundation, Author of On the Wings of Mercury

"In Running for Women, Carolyn Smith and Jason Karp combine scientific research with realistic guidelines that all women can follow to combat the effects of aging."

Meghan Arbogast-- Four-Time Qualifier to the Olympic Marathon Trials, Team USA Leader at World 100K Championships, World-Record Holder for 50+ Age Group in the 100K

"In Running for Women, Dr. Karp and Dr. Smith provide women and their coaches a clear path to success and enjoyment in training and racing."

Joe Compagni-- Director and Head Coach, Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Monmouth University

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About the Author

Jason Karp is an exercise physiologist, a running and fitness expert and the 2011 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year. He is a prolific writer, with four books and more than 200 articles published in magazines, including Runner's World, Running Times, Shape, Oxygen, Self and Ultra-Fit. Carolyn Smith, is a family practice and sports medicine physician who serves as director of the student health service at Marquette University and head medical team physician for the department of intercollegiate athletics.

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More on this Book

As best-selling author John Gray pointed out, men are from Mars and women are from Venus. There are obvious differences between women and men in anatomy, physiology, hormones, and metabolism. So why do most running books take a one-size-fits-all approach to training? Finally, here's one that doesn't. Running for Women provides comprehensive information on training female runners based on their cardiovascular, hormonal, metabolic, muscular, and anatomical characteristics. In this authoritative guide, authors Jason Karp and Carolyn Smith answer the questions and tackle the topics women need to know: The impact of the menstrual cycle on hydration, body temperature, metabolism, and muscle function The most effective workouts for endurance, speed and strength, lactate threshold, and VO2max How and when to train during the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause Preventing knee injuries, stress fractures, and other common running-related injuries Avoiding the risks of the female athlete triad--disordered eating, osteoporosis, and menstrual irregularities How to use sex differences to your advantage Based on the latest research on estrogen, metabolism, and other sex-specific performance factors, Running for Women will change the way you fuel, train, and compete. If you are serious about running, this is one guide you must own.

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Product Details

Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers | Human Kinetics
Published
14th June 2012
Pages
232
ISBN
9781450404679

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