Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology

Stephen Cheung, PhD, is a professor of kinesiology and senior research fellow at Brock University, where his research focuses on the effects of environmental stress on human physiology and performance. He held a Canada Research Chair in Environmental Ergonomics from 2007 to 2017.Cheung has authored more than 120 articles that explore muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, neural, metabolic, cognitive, and performance responses to multiple environments, including heat, cold, hydration, and altitude. He has worked extensively with industry and sport organizations to improve health and safety in the workplace, athletic performance, and equipment design. Cheung is also a leader in driving scientific advances in cycling physiology and performance and has published two books on the science of cycling: Cutting-Edge Cycling and Cycling Science.Philip Ainslie, PhD, is a professor of health and exercise sciences and is the Canada Research Chair and codirector of the Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health at the University of British Columbia in Okanagan.Ainslie has published more than 300 peer-reviewed scientific articles and has recently coauthored the sixth edition of the textbook High-Altitude Medicine and Physiology. In addition to mechanistic laboratory-based experiments, he leads regular field expeditions to study elite free divers as well as expeditions to high altitude to study acclimatization and adaptation, with a focus on indigenous populations located in the mountainous regions of Tibet, South America, and Ethiopia. Ainslie has won numerous national and international awards for his research and sits on various international scientific leadership and advisory groups; he also currently co-organizes a number of international conferences related to environmental physiology.

“Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, bridges the gap between laboratory research and real-world application, providing a definitive and accessible overview of current knowledge in environmental exercise physiology-including rapidly developing areas such as breath-hold diving and heat adaptation.”-Alex Hutchinson, Science Journalist and Author of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance“The authors have successfully collated the most important aspects of various environmental exercise physiology and positioned it into one book. This was done through appropriate choice of information to cover, while also using exceptionally good figures/images throughout the book to help readers gain an understanding of the complex interplay at work during environmental exercise physiology.”-© Doody’s Review Service, 2023, Cody Dulaney, Kent State University (4-star review)

• Chapter 1. Fundamentals of Temperature RegulationHeat Balance EquationModels of Thermoregulatory ControlThermal Stress ScalesSummaryChapter 2. Heat StressThe Problem With HeatMechanisms of HyperthermiaThermal Perception and ExerciseIndividual VariabilityCooling StrategiesSummaryChapter 3. Heat AdaptationHeat AdaptationHeat TherapySummaryChapter 4. Hydration Strategies for ExerciseHydration TerminologyImpact of Fluid Balance on PerformanceDeveloping a Hydration StrategyHydration Strategies Following ExerciseSummaryChapter 5. Cold Air ExposureHypothermiaPhysiological Responses to Cold ExposureExercise in the ColdCold Injuries to the ExtremitiesThermal Response in the ExtremitiesSummaryChapter 6. Cold Water ImmersionPhase 1 Immersion and Cold ShockPhase 2 Muscle FailurePhase 3 HypothermiaPhase 4 Postrescue CollapseSummaryChapter 7. Breath-Hold DivingGas LawsDisciplines of Apnea DivingStatic ApneaDynamic ApneaDepthTraining Apnea DivingIndigenous Diving PopulationsMedical Consequences of Apnea DivingSummaryChapter 8. Diving and Hyperbaric PhysiologyPhysics of DivingDiving SystemsDecompression SicknessInert Gas NarcosisSaturation DivingSummaryChapter 9. Physiological Adjustments to Acute HypoxiaNormoxia and HypoxiaPhysiological Consequences of Exposure to Acute HypoxiaNeurological Effects of Acute HypoxiaFatigue and HypoxiaClinical Consequences of Acute HypoxiaSummaryChapter 10. High-Altitude PhysiologyAcclimatizationHigh Altitude and the Oxygen CascadeCardiovascular ResponseHigh-Altitude IllnessesHemoglobin and Oxygen TransportAmerican Medical Research Expedition to EverestMetabolism and Body CompositionAdaptation to High AltitudeSummaryChapter 11. Altitude Training and PerformanceLiving-Training Hypoxic ModelsGenetic Basis of Altitude PerformanceHyperoxiaConsiderations in Applying Altitude TrainingSummaryChapter 12. Microgravity and SpaceflightPhysiological Responses to MicrogravityMicrogravity SimulationsSpaceflight CountermeasuresExtravehicular Activity PhysiologySpacesuit DesignSummaryChapter 13. Exercise in Polluted EnvironmentsMajor PollutantsAir Quality IndicesPollution Effects on ExerciseManaging Air Pollution for AthletesSummaryChapter 14. ChronobiologyNomenclatureCircadian Rhythms and the Sleep–Wake CycleSleepSleep DeprivationTransmeridian Travel Fatigue and Jet LagSummaryChapter 15. Cross-AdaptationNomenclatureCold and Hypoxia Cross-AcclimatizationHeat and Hypoxia Cross-AcclimatizationOther Cross-Adaptation ThemesSummaryChapter 16. Individual Variability: Sex and AgeSex Differences in ThermoregulationSex Differences in High-Altitude PhysiologyChildrenAgingAerobic FitnessSummary