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Week 1
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8/25
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Course
Overview; Text overview; Lab assignment explanations
What is exercise
physiology? Historical perspectives
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8/27
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Neuromuscular
Physiology - Action potentials, motor units and fiber types |
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Week 2
|
| 9/1 |
Neuromuscular
Physiology - Muscle contraction and ATP demand |
| 9/3 |
Bioenergetics -
Energy, ATP and the Laws of Bioenergetics |
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Week 3
|
| 9/8 |
Chemistry
refresher |
| 9/10 |
Metabolic Design
and Energy Systems |
Week
4
|
| 9/15 |
Phosphagen
System |
| 9/17 |
Phosphagen
System, cont'd |
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Week 5
|
| 9/22 |
Glycogenolysis
and the Glycolytic-Lactate System |
| 9/24 |
Mitochondrial
respiration |
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Week 6
|
| 9/29 |
Metabolic
acidosis |
| 10/1 |
Lipid and amino
acid catabolism |
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Week 7
|
| 10/6 |
Metabolic thresholds |
| 10/8 |
Review for Exam
1 |
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Week 8
|
| 10/13 |
Exam 1 |
| 10/15 |
Fall
Break |
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Week 9
|
| 10/20 |
Ergometry and
exercise |
| 10/22 |
Indirect Calorimetry |
Week
10
|
| 10/27 |
Calorimetry,
cont'd |
| 10/29 |
Metabolic
responses to exercise: Steady state |
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Week 11
|
| 11/3 |
Metabolic
responses to exercise: Incremental protocols
|
| 11/5 |
VO2max
controversies |
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Week 12
|
| 11/10 |
Dr.
Robergs in Australia: Jeremy Fransen - Cardiovascular physiology |
| 11/12 |
Dr.
Robergs in Australia: Jeremy Fransen - Pulmonary physiology |
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Week 13
|
| 11/17 |
Dr.
Robergs in Australia: Jeremy Fransen - Pulmonary adaptations to
exercise |
| 11/19 |
Dr.
Robergs in Australia: Jeremy Fransen - Cardiopulmonary questions
& review |
Week
14
|
| 11/24 |
Endocrine
regulation of fluid balance |
| 11/26 |
Thanksgiving |
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Week 15
|
| 12/1 |
Exercise and
Fatigue |
| 12/3 |
Ergogenic aids |
Week
16
|
| 12/8 |
Exercise and
Health |
| 12/10 |
Exam 2 Review
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Week 17: Finals Week
|
| 12/17 |
EXAM
2: 2pm - 4pm |
