Discuss key exercise training principles.
Explain the structure and function of skeletal muscle.
Understand the 3 energy systems and how our body converts food to energy.
Understand how the cardiorespiratory system functions and is influenced by exercise training.
Describe the importance of daily nutrition in exercise performance.
Explain what to eat before, during, and after exercise training or competition.
Discuss the function of the nervous system in neural control of human movement.
Discuss the structure of the respiratory system and it responds to exercise of different intensities.
Describe some of the chronic physiological changes in response to exercise.
Requirements
A Exercise Physiology text is helpful but NOT requried.
Description
Ever wonder how your muscles contract to create movement during exercise or how the heart pumps blood to all parts of your body? Do you know how to eat for peak performance or how the body adapts to aerobic or resistance exercise? In this course students learn answers to these questions plus so much more. This course takes a systems approach with emphasis on the muscular, nervous, metabolic, and respiratory systems. Instruction is provided using screen casts along with section quizzes. There are over 40 lessons and 3 + hours of content. This course will benefit those studying for fitness certification exams or general fitness enthusiasts wanting to learn more about how the body works. If you are a student currently taking a university course in Exercise Physiology and can't grasp the material--this course will definitely help.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Welcome and Introduction to the Course
Section 2: Skeletal Muscle and Exercise
Lecture 2 Introduction
Lecture 3 The Sarcomere
Lecture 4 Excitation-Contraction Coupling
Lecture 5 Sliding Filament Theory
Lecture 6 Muscle Fiber Type and Recruitment
Lecture 7 Types of Muscle Contraction and Force Generation
Section 3: Nervous System Control of Muscle During Exercise
Lecture 8 Introduction
Lecture 9 Components of the Nervous System
Lecture 10 Sensory-Motor Integration
Section 4: Exercise Metabolism and Bioenergetics
Lecture 11 Introduction
Lecture 12 The Three Energy Systems
Lecture 13 Phosphogen System
Lecture 14 Glycolytic System
Lecture 15 Aerobic System
Lecture 16 Metabolic Needs Analysis
Lecture 17 Relationship Between Energy Systems
Section 5: Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise
Lecture 18 Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
Lecture 19 Blood Flow Through the Heart
Lecture 20 Cardiac Function Terms
Lecture 21 Heart Rate
Lecture 22 Stroke Volume and Cardiac Output
Lecture 23 The Vascular System
Lecture 24 The Blood
Lecture 25 Blood Pressure
Lecture 26 Cardiovascular Drift
Lecture 27 The Concept of VO2max
Section 6: Respiration During Exercise
Lecture 28 Introduction to the Respiratory System
Lecture 29 Respiratory Tracts
Lecture 30 Respiratory Ventilation
Lecture 31 Gas Exhange
Lecture 32 Exercise Performance
Section 7: General Training Adaptations to Exercise
Lecture 33 Resistance Exercise Adaptations
Lecture 34 Aerobic Training Adaptations
Section 8: Eating for Peak Performance
Lecture 35 The Athlete's Plate
Lecture 36 Does a High Carbohydrate Diet Work?
Lecture 37 Pre-exercise Meals
Lecture 38 Fueling During Exercise
Lecture 39 What to Eat Post-Exercise
Lecture 40 The High Fat Diet
Lecture 41 Eating on the Road
Those looking to pass fitness certification exams (ACE, ACSM, NSCA etc..),Students enrolled (or soon to be) in an Exercise Physiology course at a university,Fitness enthusiasts wanting to learn more about the body and how to train optimally
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