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The following Lecture Notes are for the Fall, 2010 course.

Day

Notes Content

Week 1

8/24 (B100&TL)

  Course Overview; Text overview; Excel skills; Lab Groups; Lab assignment explanations; Assignment Report format

8/25 (B100)

Roles of the nervous system in exercise performance (examinable content in PEP 426)

Week 2

8/31 (TL)   Laboratory 1: Ergometry, Treadmills and Mechanical vs. Biological Energy (Groups 1 and 2)
9/2 (TL)   Laboratory 1: Ergometry, Treadmills and Mechanical vs. Biological Energy (Groups 3 and 4)

Week 3

9/7 (TL)   Laboratory 2: Wingate Testing (Groups 3 and 4)
9/9 (TL)   Laboratory 2: Wingate Testing (Groups 1 and 2)

Week 4

9/14 (TL)   Laboratory 3: Vertical Jump and Margaria Power Test (Groups 1 and 2)
9/16 (TL)   Laboratory 3: Vertical Jump and Margaria Power Test (Groups 3 and 4)

Week 5

9/21 (TL)   Laboratory 4: Earlobe Blood Lactate (Groups 3 and 4)
9/23 (TL)   Laboratory 4: Earlobe Blood Lactate (Groups 1 and 2)

Week 6

9/28 (TL)   Laboratory 5: Resting Metabolic Rate (Groups 1 and 2)
9/30 (TL)   Laboratory 5: Resting Metabolic Rate (Groups 3 and 4)

Week 7

10/5 (TL)   Explanation of Practical Exam 1
10/7 (TL)   Laboratory practice

Week 8

10/12 (TL)   Laboratory practice
10/14   Fall Break

Week 9

10/19 (TL)   Practical Exam 1
10/21 (TL)   Practical Exam 1

Week 10

10/26 (TL)   Laboratory 6: Steady State vs. Non-Steady State VO2 (Groups 3 and 4)
10/28 (TL)   Laboratory 6: Steady State vs. Non-Steady State VO2 (Groups 1 and 2)

Week 11

11/2 (TL)   Laboratory 7: VO2max (Groups 1 and 2)
11/4 (TL)   Laboratory 7: VO2max (Groups 3 and 4)

Week 12

11/9 (TL)   Laboratory 8: Spirometry and End-Tidal Gas Fractions & Partial Pressures (Groups 3 and 4)
11/11 (TL)   Laboratory 8: Spirometry and End-Tidal Gas Fractions & Partial Pressures (Groups 1 and 2)

Week 13

11/16 (AC)   Laboratory 9: Altitude Chamber and Acute Hypoxia (Groups 1 and 2 both at 2pm)
11/18 (AC)   Laboratory 9: Altitude Chamber and Acute Hypoxia (Groups 3 and 4 both at 2pm)

Week 14

11/23 (B100) Exercise and Fatigue
11/25   Thanksgiving

Week 15

11/30 (TL)   Laboratory 10: 1 and 5-RM Strength Testing (Groups 3 and 4)
12/2 (TL)   Laboratory 10: 1 and 5-RM Strength Testing (Groups 1 and 2)

Week 16

12/7 (TL)   Practice for Practical Exam 2
12/9 (TL)  

Practice for Practical Exam 2

Week 17

12/14 (TL)   Practical EXAM 2a: 2pm - 3:30pm
12/16 (TL)   Practical EXAM 2b: 2pm - 3:30pm