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Week 1
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1/21
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Martin Luther-King
Holiday |
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1/23
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Course
Overview; Text overview; Lab assignment explanations |
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1/25
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What is exercise
physiology? Historical perspectives |
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Week 2
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| 1/28 |
Teaching
Laboratory 1: Laboratory methods in exercise physiology |
| 1/30 |
Neuromuscular
Physiology - Anatomy and CNS function |
| 2/1 |
Neuromuscular
Physiology - Excitable membranes, action potentials and synapses |
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Week 3
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| 2/4 |
Neuromuscular
Physiology - Motor units and muscle anatomy |
| 2/6 |
Neuromuscular
Physiology - Muscle contraction and ATP demand |
| 2/8 |
Teaching
Laboratory 2: Electromyography, Muscle Contractions and Fatigue |
Week 4:
Make sure you hand in Laboratory Assignment 1
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| 2/11 |
Quiz
1: Historical and Neuromuscular
Bioenergetics - What is? Why
study?
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| 2/13 |
Bioenergetics -
Energy, ATP and the Laws of Bioenergetics |
| 2/15 |
Bioenergetics
& Enzymes - Gibb's free energy, coupling and metabolic control |
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Week 5: Make
sure you hand in Laboratory Assignment 2
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| 2/18 |
Enzymes &
Metabolic Design - Atoms, electrons and the periodic table |
| 2/20 |
Metabolic Design
- Macronutrients, control, and energy systems |
| 2/22 |
Catch-up and
Review |
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Week 6
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| 2/25 |
Exam 1:
History, Neuromuscular, Bioenergetics, Enzymes and Metabolic Design |
| 2/27 |
Neuro-endocrine
- Overview, Cell response mechanisms |
| 2/29 |
Neuro-endocrine
- Control of metabolism (guest lecturer) |
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Week 7
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| 3/3 |
Neuro-endocrine
- Control of fluid balance and electrolytes |
| 3/5 |
Phosphagen
system |
| 3/7 |
Teaching
Laboratory 3: Wingate Test, Peak Power and Fatigue |
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Week 8
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| 3/10 |
Glycolytic
system - Glycogenolysis |
| 3/12 |
Glycolytic
system - Phase 1 and 2 |
| 3/14 |
Glycolytic
system - Summary |
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Week 9
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| 3/17 |
Spring
Break |
| 3/19 |
Spring
Break |
| 3/21 |
Spring
Break |
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Week 10: Make
sure you hand in Laboratory Assignment 3
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| 3/24 |
Catch-up/Refresher |
| 3/26 |
Quiz
2: Neuro-endocrine, Phosphagen and Glycolytic Energy systems
Mitochondrial
respiration -overview (Dr. Robergs in Australia)
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| 3/28 |
Mitochondrial
respiration - Pyruvate oxidation and TCA cycle (Dr.
Robergs in Australia) |
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Week 11
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| 3/31 |
Mitochondrial
respiration - ETC and oxidative phosphorylation (Dr.
Robergs in Australia) |
| 4/2 |
Mitochondrial
respiration - Lipolysis and Fatty acid oxidation (Dr.
Robergs in Australia) |
| 4/4 |
Mitochondrial
respiration - overview of material while I was in Australia |
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Week 12
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| 4/7 |
Mitochondrial
respiration - overview of material while I was in Australia; Amino acid oxidation |
| 4/9 |
Teaching
Laboratory 4 & 5: Substrate Oxidation During Incremental Exercise to VO2max
with blood lactates |
| 4/11 |
ASEP 10th Annual
Conference, Duluth, MN |
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Week 13
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| 4/14 |
Overview of data
from Lab 4&5 |
| 4/16 |
Review for Exam
2 |
| 4/18 |
Exam 2:
Neuroendocrine, Phosphagen, Glycolytic, Mitochondrial respiration |
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Week 14: Make
sure you hand in Laboratory Assignment 4
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| 4/21 |
Biochemistry of metabolic acidosis |
| 4/23 |
Ergometry -
Ergometry and calculations |
| 4/25 |
Ergometry -
Treadmill exercise |
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Week 15
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| 4/28 |
Quiz
3: Lactate, Metabolic Acidosis, Ergometry
Calorimetry -
Calorimetry
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| 4/30 |
Calorimetry - Computations
of EGAIC |
| 5/2 |
Calorimetry - Gas
volume conditions |
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Week 16: Make
sure you hand in Laboratory Assignment 5
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| 5/5 |
Maximal oxygen
consumption (VO2max) - What is VO2max? How to measure VO2max. |
| 5/7 |
Maximal oxygen
consumption (VO2max) - Analyzing data. What limits VO2max? |
| 5/9 |
Review |
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Week 17: Finals Week
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| 5/12 |
EXAM
3: Lactate production, Metabolic acidosis, Ergometry, Calorimetry, VO2max |
