Resources

Blacksburg Area Health and Fitness Resources

• Virginia Tech Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise
• Blacksburg Health and Fitness at The Weight Club
• Kurt Weidner - A certified personal trainer in Blacksburg who specializes in bodybuilding and figure contest preparation, sports specific conditioning, along with general weight loss and nutrition.
• The Science of Soccer Online - translating research into practical applications for coach and player
• Huckleberry Trail

Web Resources and Tools

• Exercise Prescription (ExRx) Muscle Directory- Anatomy and exercise descriptiodns categorized by muscle group
• USA Track and Field Route Mapper - Graphical map interface allowing estimations of walking and running distances.
• SparkPeople - An online community offering nutrition and fitness tracking tools
• Body Fat Calculator
• American College of Sports Medicine
• American Council on Exercise

Technical Papers and Presentations

• The Debate of Resistance Training and the Immature Athlete [doc](Parks, J., 2009)
• Creatine Supplementation as a Therapeutic Approach in the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disease [doc] [ppt] (Parks, J. 2009)
  
• The Physiological Determinates of VO2 max and Working towards Improvement [doc] (Parks, J., 2008)
• Concept of VO2 max [ppt] (Parks, J., 2008)
• Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome: Description and Treatment [ppt] (Parks, J., 2006)

Recommended Reading

• The Body Builder's Nutrition Book by Dr. Franco Columbo (McGraw Hill, 1985)
• Galloway's Book on Running (Shelter Publications, 2002)
• The Lore of Running by Dr. Tim Noakes (Human Kinetics Publishers, 2002)
• New York City Marathon Cookbook by Nancy Clark (Rutledge Hill Press, 1994)
• Strength Training Anatomy by Frederic Delavier (Human Kinetic Publishers, 2006)
• Stretching, 20th Anniversary Revised Edition by Bob Anderson (Shelter Publications, 2000)

Reference Guides

• ACSM Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005)
• ACSM Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005)