Exercise Physiology

What this unit covers

The resources follow the body through exercise. Some deal with the heart and lungs, such as the flashcards on circulatory responses, respiratory responses and skeletal muscle blood flow. Others cover energy, including the mind maps on energy systems and exercise metabolism. Further items look at hormones, muscle injury, training adaptations, diabetes and glycaemic control, and exercise testing.

Where to start

Begin with the basics. The mind map Exercise Physiology Introduction gives an overview, and the flashcards in Level 1 Ex Phys Exam cover the heart, lungs and cardiac output. Then move to the deck Whole body response to exercise, which asks when hormonal and neural control take over from local control.

1. Skim an overview mind map.
2. Work through a flashcard deck on one system.
3. Take a quiz on the same topic.
4. Return to the weak points on the map.

Using quizzes and maps together

Quizzes show what you do not yet know. The Stress Testing Quiz asks about contraindications and the stages of the Bruce protocol. Other quizzes cover gas pressure symbols, ventilation and carbon dioxide, and respiration during exercise. After each one, open a mind map such as Respiratory responses or Chronic adaptations to aerobic exercise and check the links you missed.

Going deeper

For university students who want more, there are decks on the molecular and cellular side of adaptation, on fuel metabolism, and on the physiology of endurance training and the marathon. The map on altitude, oxygen transport and human performance explains how air pressure affects oxygen. Teachers can use any of these as ready-made material for a class.

Where it sits

This unit belongs to the Muscle and Exercise strand of Physiology. Everything here was made by GoConqr users, and you can open it all for free. Choose one topic today and see how much you can recall.