Science of Exercise
Learn how the body responds to exercise, including energy metabolism, physiological system adaptations, nutrition, muscle soreness and fatigue, performance‑enhancing drugs, and the role of exercise in preventing and treating major diseases.
What you'll learn
- Understand how exercise affects carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism and overall energy expenditure
- Learn how muscular, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems respond to exercise
- Apply training and nutrition principles to improve fitness, performance, and recovery
- Examine scientific evidence for exercise in preventing and treating heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity, depression, and dementia
Skills you'll gain
- Explain the relationship between exercise and the body's physiological responses, including carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism
- Describe the role of nutritional choices and their impact on health and training
- Summarize the factors that contribute to muscle soreness, fatigue, and the dangers associated with performance-enhancing drugs
- Apply concepts such as nutrition logs, heart rate monitoring, caloric expenditure, and BMI to assess health and training
- Evaluate scientific evidence for the health benefits of exercise in preventing and treating major chronic diseases
Prerequisites
- • No prior experience required
Who this course is for
- → Learners interested in understanding how exercise affects the body
- → Sports and fitness professionals seeking foundational exercise science knowledge
- → Individuals wanting to use exercise to improve health, wellness, and disease prevention
Provider
Coursera
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