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Exercise & Health––Outline

1. Bioenergetics (Exercise Physiology)

  • Energy sources for power, speed, endurance
  • Oxidative energy sources
  • Supplying O2 to muscles
    • Lung factors
    • Blood factors
    • Cardiovascular factors
    • Tissue factors
  • Adaptation to exercise
    • Cellular level
    • Organ level

2. Trends of heart disease in USA

3. Medical studies supporting merits of exercise

4. Animal studies of exercise and cardio-vascular health

5. Risks of exercise

  • Sudden death in young athletes
  • Cardiac arrhythmias during exercise

6. Recommendations for safe exercise

  • Pre-exercise evaluation and counselling
  • Target heart rates
  • Choice of appropriate activities

 


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