Physique and Fitness

A volume in the Nutrition in Exercise and Sports Series, this text examines the relationship of physique to fitness and performance. While physique essentially encompasses the study of body structure, body size, and body composition, fitness and performance are descriptive of the applied interaction of morphological, muscular, cardiovascular, motor and metabolic component capacities, abilities, and skills developed and acquired through exercise and physical training programs. Physique and Fitness is an exercise and fitness text that covers the pertinent processes of physical conditioning in a basic quantitative and qualitative research manner.