University of Colorado Boulder - the science of Exercise

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Overview

Upskilling is a better roadmap to success. Enroll in this course to learn critical principles of Fitness instruction through real-life case studies & examples

Duration	10 hours
Total fee	Free
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Beginner
Official Website	Explore Free Course
Credential	Certificate
Future job roles	Hypothesis Testing

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Course details

Skills you will learn

Fitness

What are the course deliverables?

SKILLS YOU WILL Learn
Training
Nutrition
Fitness And Nutrition
Public Health

More about this course

Learners who complete Science of Exercise will have an improved physiological understanding of how your body responds to exercise, and will be able to identify behaviors, choices, and environments that impact your health and training. You will explore a number of significant adjustments required by your body in order to properly respond to the physical stress of exercise, including changes in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, nutritional considerations, causes of muscle soreness & fatigue, and the effectiveness and dangers of performance enhancing drugs. Active learning assessments will challenge you to apply this new knowledge via nutrition logs, heart rate monitoring, calculations of your total daily caloric expenditure and body mass index (BMI). Finally, learners will examine the scientific evidence for the health benefits of exercise including the prevention and treatment of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity (weight loss), depression, and dementia.