HL20185: Exercise physiology
[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 12 [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 240 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 40%, EX 60% |
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| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take HL10182 AND ( take BB10089 OR take BB10003 OR take BB10121 OR take BB10263 ) |
| Learning Outcomes: |
On successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
* Demonstrate an understanding of how the body adapts to exercise and appreciate the specificity of training. * Demonstrate an understanding of the appropriate techniques that are available for the investigation of changes that occur with regular training. * Demonstrate an understanding of and be able to determine oxygen uptake, energy expenditure during exercise, mechanical efficiency, and peak power in a laboratory environment. * Demonstrate an understanding of the physiological factors that limit performance across a range of different types of exercise. |
| Aims: | To introduce the physiological adaptations that occur as a result of regular exercise and to understand how these adaptations may improve health, fitness and performance. |
| Skills: | Knowledge and Understanding - taught, facilitated and assessed
Intellectual Skills - facilitated and assessed Data acquisition, handling and analysis - taught, facilitated and assessed Written Communication - facilitated and assessed Working Independently - facilitated and assessed Working as part of a group - facilitated. |
| Content: | Energy balance and body composition, athlete profiling and training principles, the endurance athlete, the middle distance athlete, the strength and power athlete, the sprinter, demands and metabolism in games sports, intermittent high intensity exercise, concurrent training, delayed-onset muscle soreness, hydration and nutrition, the female athlete triad, monitoring and overtraining, long-term athlete development. |
| Course availability: |
HL20185 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Life Sciences
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