Exercise Physiology I

How the body's energy, muscular, cardiovascular and respiratory systems respond to a single bout of exercise.

KINE-301 Year 3 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Kinesiology

Course content

  1. 1Energy for movementComing
  2. 2ATP, phosphocreatine and glycolysisComing
  3. 3Aerobic metabolismComing
  4. 4Measuring energy expenditureComing
  5. 5Skeletal muscle contractionComing
  6. 6Muscle fibre typesComing
  7. 7Neural control of exercising muscleComing
  8. 8Cardiovascular response to exerciseComing
  9. 9Respiratory response to exerciseComing
  10. 10Hormonal response to exerciseComing
  11. 11FatigueComing
  12. 12Lab: measuring oxygen uptakeComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

How the body's energy, muscular, cardiovascular and respiratory systems respond to a single bout of exercise.

Part of the Health Sciences stream, typically taken in year 3.