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The following Lecture Notes are for the Spring, 2009 course.  Click on the Acrobat image to retrieve 2 slides/page lecture notes.  Bring lecture notes to class lectures.

Day:Date Content

Week 1:

1/20

Course Overview; Electronic Textbook explanation; Preliminary Reading

1/22

Movie Documentary: Steve Prefontaine (1996)

Week 2:

1/27 Cardiovascular function and adaptations to exercise    
1/29 Maximal Heart Rate

Week 3:

2/3 Lab Session 1a: Maximal Heart Rate During Cycling and Running (Group 1: 2pm;Group 2: 2:45pm)
2/5 Lab Session 1b: Maximal Heart Rate During Cycling and Running (Group 3: 2pm;Group 4: 2:45pm)

Week 4:

2/10 Methods of Training
2/12 Training Principles

Week 5: 

2/17 Lab Session 2a: Steady State Heart Rate Profile During Cycling and Running (Group 3: 2pm;Group 4: 2:45pm)
2/19 Lab Session 2b: Steady State Heart Rate Profile During Cycling and Running (Group 1: 2pm;Group 2: 2:45pm)

Week 6: Hand in Lab 1 report this week

2/24 Metabolic Thresholds and Maximal Steady State
2/26 Heat Production During Exercise

Week 7: 

3/3 Lab Session 3a: Maximal Steady State During Cycling and Running (Group 1: 2pm;Group 2: 2:45pm)
3/5 Lab Session 3b: Maximal Steady State During Cycling and Running (Group 3: 2pm;Group 4: 2:45pm)

Week 8: 

3/10 Pulmonary physiology and responses to exercise
3/12 Pulmonary physiology and responses to exercise, cont'd

Week 9: 

3/17 Lab Session 4a: Spirometry (Group 3: 2pm;Group 4: 2:45pm)
3/19 Lab Session 4b: Spirometry (Group 1: 2pm;Group 2: 2:45pm)

Week 10: Hand in Lab 3 report this week

3/24 Altitude physiology
3/26 Review of computations of pulmonary and blood gas partial pressures

Week 11: 

3/31 Spring Break
4/2 Spring Break

Week 12: 

4/7 Neuro-endocrine physiology
4/9 Neuro-endocrine regulation of metabolism and renal function

Week 13: Hand in Lab 4 report this week

4/14 Lab Session 5a: End tidal and alveolar gas partial pressures (Group 1: 2pm;Group 2: 2:45pm)
4/16 Lab Session 5b: End tidal and alveolar gas partial pressures (Group 3: 2pm;Group 4: 2:45pm)

Week 14:

4/21 Catch-up lecture content and lab feedback
4/23 Training and Detraining Adaptations

Week 15:

4/28 Lab Session 6a: Vertical jump and Margaria power test (Group 3: 2pm;Group 4: 2:45pm)
4/30 Lab Session 6b: Vertical jump and Margaria power test (Group 1: 2pm;Group 2: 2:45pm)

Week 16: Hand in Lab 5 report this week

5/5 Supplements, ergogenic aids and ethics in sports
5/7 Review

Week 17: Hand in Lab 6 report this week

5/12 EXAM - comprehensive