HPE 207 - Fundamentals of Exercise Physiology

 
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This is a course dealing with the basic principles of exercise physiology concerning human responses and adaptations to exercise of varying levels of stress and intensity.

1. Describe the primary difference between aerobic and anaerobic metabolism and their relative importance in exercise programs.
2. Discuss the physiologic basis of the major components of physical fitness: flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, muscular endurance, and body composition.
3. Describe the structure of the skeletal muscle fiber and basic mechanism of contraction.
4. List the physiologic adaptations of muscle metabolism and the cardiorespiratory system that occur at rest, during submaximal and maximal exercise following chronic aerobic training.
5. Describe the response of the following variables to steady state submaximal exercise and to maximal exercise; heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, pulmonary ventilation, respiratory rate, arteriovenous oxygen difference, systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure.
6. Describe the changes associated with chronic aerobic training for each of the variables: heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, pulmonary ventilation, respiratory rate, arteriovenous oxygen difference.
7. Discuss the use of submaximal and maximal cardiorespiratory fitness field tests using various modes of exercise and interpret the information obtained from the various tests.
8. Discuss advantages, disadvantages and limitations of techniques of assessing body composition.
9. Discuss the physiological effects for various methods modifying body composition.

1. Physiology of Exercise
2. Internal Environment
3. Bioenergetics
4. Exercise Metabolism
5. Energy Costs of Activity
6. Neuromuscular Structure and Function
7. Circulatory Adaptations
8. Pulmonary Ventilation
9. Physiology of Training
10. Work Tests to Evaluate CRF and Performance
11. Exercise Prescription for Health and Performance
12. Body Composition and Nutrition for Health and Performance
13. Exercise and the Environment
14. Ergogenic Aids

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