Catherine G. Ratzin Jackson, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M., is professor and chair of Kinesiology at California State University, Fresno. She received her B.A. degree in chemistry and physics and her M.A. in chemistry from Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey. Her Ph.D. in exercise physiology was from the University of Colorado, Boulder. As part of her Ph.D. training she attended the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver. Dr. Jackson has served in research and teaching positions in higher education for the last 18 years. She has also conducted basic research into long-term spaceflight by means of faculty fellowships at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, through the NASA/ASEE program at Stanford University, Stanford, California, and was a NASA/JOVE fellow., Dr. Jackson is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), twice a former President of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of ACSM, and has served the College on national committees. Other avocations have included the presidency of the Western States Association of Faculty Governance and 18 years as a competitor in the sport of fencing. She was twice the State of Colorado Womens' Champion. She was also trained in management at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts., Dr. Jackson is a frequent contributor to the CRC Series on Nutrition in Exercise and Sport. Her first book, published by CRC Press, was Nutrition for the Recreational Athlete.

• Basic Principles of Resistance Training. General Nutritional Considerations for Strength Athletes. Energy Yielding Nutrients for the Resistive Trained Athlete. Vitamin and Mineral Considerations for Strength Training. Trace Minerals. Dietary Supplements and Strength Trained Athletes. Overview of Anabolic/Androgenic Hormones and Strength. Creatine Supplementation and the Strength Athlete. Supporting the Immune System: Nutritional Considerations for the Strength Athlete. Hydration and the Strength Athlete. Nutritional Concerns of Women Who Resistance Train. Nutritional Concerns of Strength Athletes with an Emphasis on Tennis.

Catherine G. Ratzin Jackson, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M., is professor and chair of Kinesiology at California State University, Fresno. She received her B.A. degree in chemistry and physics and her M.A. in chemistry from Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey. Her Ph.D. in exercise physiology was from the University of Colorado, Boulder. As part of her Ph.D. training she attended the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver. Dr. Jackson has served in research and teaching positions in higher education for the last 18 years. She has also conducted basic research into long-term spaceflight by means of faculty fellowships at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, through the NASA/ASEE program at Stanford University, Stanford, California, and was a NASA/JOVE fellow., Dr. Jackson is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), twice a former President of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of ACSM, and has served the College on national committees. Other avocations have included the presidency of the Western States Association of Faculty Governance and 18 years as a competitor in the sport of fencing. She was twice the State of Colorado Womens' Champion. She was also trained in management at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts., Dr. Jackson is a frequent contributor to the CRC Series on Nutrition in Exercise and Sport. Her first book, published by CRC Press, was Nutrition for the Recreational Athlete.

• Basic Principles of Resistance Training. General Nutritional Considerations for Strength Athletes. Energy Yielding Nutrients for the Resistive Trained Athlete. Vitamin and Mineral Considerations for Strength Training. Trace Minerals. Dietary Supplements and Strength Trained Athletes. Overview of Anabolic/Androgenic Hormones and Strength. Creatine Supplementation and the Strength Athlete. Supporting the Immune System: Nutritional Considerations for the Strength Athlete. Hydration and the Strength Athlete. Nutritional Concerns of Women Who Resistance Train. Nutritional Concerns of Strength Athletes with an Emphasis on Tennis.