The Blood Lactate Response to Exercise

From The Critics

Reviewer: Pietro Tonino, MD(Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine)
Description: This monograph deals with blood lactate levels and their usefulness in determining fitness levels in athletes.
Purpose: The book intends to show that blood lactate levels are more useful than maximal aerobic power in exercise prescription for fitness programs. This book delves extensively into this subject.
Audience: This book is written for exercise physiologists. The author appears to be a credible authority on this subject.
Features: This book lacks photographs but has an adequate number of pertinent illustrations. This is acceptable in a monograph that deals with topics such as those dealt with in this book.
Assessment: This book has a limited scope that will be best understood and appreciated by exercise physiologists. It is probably not needed for a general reference library.

Pietro Tonino

This monograph deals with blood lactate levels and their usefulness in determining fitness levels in athletes. The book intends to show that blood lactate levels are more useful than maximal aerobic power in exercise prescription for fitness programs. This book delves extensively into this subject. This book is written for exercise physiologists. The author appears to be a credible authority on this subject. This book lacks photographs but has an adequate number of pertinent illustrations. This is acceptable in a monograph that deals with topics such as those dealt with in this book. This book has a limited scope that will be best understood and appreciated by exercise physiologists. It is probably not needed for a general reference library.

3 Stars from Doody