Maximizing Athletic Performance Through Innovation, Education, and Practical Applications
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PREFACE
Maximizing Athletic Performance Through Innovation, Education, and Practical Applications Lawrence L. Spriet1
Ó The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Maximizing athletic performance is a passion that athletes, coaches, athlete support professionals, and sports scientists share. A thorough understanding of the basics of all aspects of human physiology and the ability of the body to adapt to the environmental stress of exercise training is the foundation we use to explain the incredible athletic and sport performances that are commonplace in today’s world. This knowledge base is forever expanding through innovation and the gathering of information in laboratory testing and real-world field settings. Of equal importance is the fact that this information must be passed on to the athletic consumers through education and practical applications. The papers in this supplement examine some of the latest innovations, educational information, and practical applications in sports science and sports nutrition that aim to improve athletic performance. The Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) brought together researchers for a meeting in November 2015 to discuss a wide variety of relevant topics of interest in this area. Following the meeting, authors were asked to summarize the recent work in their topic area, resulting in the manuscripts in this
This article was published in a supplement supported by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI). The supplement was guest edited by Lawrence L. Spriet who attended a meeting of the GSSI Expert Panel in November 2015 and received honoraria from the GSSI, a division of PepsiCo, Inc., for his participation in the meeting. He received no honoraria for guest editing the supplement. Dr. Spriet selected peer reviewers for each paper and managed the process. & Lawrence L. Spriet [email protected] 1
Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
supplement, which is the fourth supplement in Sports Medicine in this series. Innovation and out-of-the-box thinking is critical for pushing back the boundaries of optimal human performance. One example is the work being done on engineering ligaments. A reality of competing in sports is that ligament injuries occur and understanding more about how we can maximize repair and decrease the time to return to play will have widespread usefulness. This information may also help in the normal recovery from a hard workout or game, as the recovery period is also the start of preparation for the next practice or competition, and often the time is short. This supplement also examines two areas of innovation in the processing or metabolism of fuels during exercise. It is becoming clear that our understanding of the energy-producing events in the mitochondria is far more complex than originally believed. Evidence is emerging that there are many ways to regulate energy production in the mitochondria independent of changes in mitochondrial content. It makes se
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