Exercise Physiology (BIOL 340) Learning Objectives

· Knowledge of the role of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins as fuels for aerobic and anaerobic metabolism
· Knowledge of lipid metabolic pathways & their regulation & role in sustaining exercise
· Hormone response to exercise & training; metabolic hormone effects on target organs - insulin, glucagon, epinephrine, norepi, growth hormone, cortisol, ACTH, thyroid hormone
· Ability to define & place the following terms in context: Vmax, KM, calorie, indirect calorimetry, RQ, R, EPOC, efficiency, external work, glucose sources, the 'glucose paradox', rest & exercise glucose levels, slow & fast glycolysis, intracellular lactate shuttle, glycogenolysis & its regulation, cell-cell lactate shuttle, the Cori cycle
· Knowledge of the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption and the effects of exercise training on those determinants; ability to explain maximal oxygen consumption and how it is measured
· Knowledge of the basic anatomy of the cardiovascular system and respiratory system.
· Knowledge of the following terms: ischemia, angina pectoris, tachycardia, bradycardia, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, cardiac output, stroke volume, lactic acid, oxygen consumption, hyperventilation, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and anaerobic threshold
· Knowledge of the physiological adaptations (cardio, respiratory, muscle, metabolic, etc) that occur at rest and during exercise following chronic aerobic and anaerobic exercise training.
· Knowledge of the differences in cardiorespiratory response (HR, SV, CO, pulmonary ventilation, tidal volume, respiratory rate & arteriovenous oxygen difference) to acute graded exercise between conditioned and unconditioned individuals
· Ability to list and plot the normal resting and exercise values for the following: HR, SV, CO, RPP/double product, arteriovenous O2 difference, O2 consumption, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, minute ventilation, tidal volume, breathing frequency, VE/VO2, and VE/VCO2
· Knowledge of the physiological principles related to warm-up and cool-down
· Knowledge of the common theories of muscle fatigue and delayed onset muscle soreness
· Knowledge of the structure of the skeletal muscle fiber and the basic mechanism of contraction (sliding filament theory); knowledge of twitch, summation, and tetanus with respect to muscle contraction
· Knowledge of the characteristics of fast and slow twitch fibers
· Knowledge of and ability to describe the implications of ventilatory threshold (anaerobic threshold)
· Ability to describe how each of the following differs from the normal condition: dyspnea, hypoxia, and hypoventilation
· Knowledge of common nutritional ergogenic aids, the purported mechanism of action, and any risk factors and/or benefits (e.g. carbohydrates, protein/aa's, vitamins, minerals, creatine, bee pollen).