{"product_id":"performing-in-extreme-environments-9780880118378","title":"Performing in Extreme Environments","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerforming in Extreme Environments\u003c\/strong\u003e by Armstrong, Lawrence. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780880118378.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCounteract 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.\nThe 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.\nPerforming in Extreme Environments identifies:\n\n-How body organs are affected in stressful environments\n-Ways that physical factors alter exercise performance\n-How medical disorders impact performance\n-Tips to improve performance and avoid illness\nLearn how adjustments in behavior, training patterns, eating habits, fluids, clothing, medications or the air mixture breathed can greatly impact performance.\nThis 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 books back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Human Kinetics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974550548533,"sku":"ByrdShop_0880118377","price":90.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780880118378_e42034d3-27e1-4792-95a9-c50146016c72.jpg?v=1778911665","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/performing-in-extreme-environments-9780880118378","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}